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Preface -- I INTRODUCTION -- Cancer screening and epidemiology -- Understanding cancer stem cells biology to get rid of tumours -- Apoptosis -- Angiogenesis -- Genetic Basis of Metastasis -- Anti-cancer drugs – discovery, development and therapy -- PART II – SOLID TUMORS LUNG AND PLEURA -- Lung cancer -- Mesothelioma -- Breast cancer -- Esophageal -- Gastric -- Colon cancer -- Rectal cancer -- Small intestine -- Hepatocarcinoma -- Pancreas -- Ovary -- Cervix -- Vagina -- Gestacional trophoblastic disease -- Prostate -- Kidney -- Urothelial Cancer -- Testis -- Head and neck -- Parotid gland carcinoma -- Melanoma -- Soft tissue sarcoma -- Bone sarcoma -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) -- Neuroendocrinic tumors -- III – PALLIATIVE CARE AND SUPPORTIVE CARE -- Metabolic disturbance/paraneoplasic syndromes -- Spinal medular compression -- Superior vena cava syndrome.-Febrile neutropenia -- Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting -- Asthenia -- Oncological pain and clinical approaches -- Bone metastasis -- Brain metastasis -- Home palliative care in oncology -- IV – OTHER TOPICS AND COMPLEMENTS -- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia -- An overview of treatment for cervical cancer with emphasis on Immune cell-based therapies -- Treatment for patients with adenocarcinoma of uterine cervix -- Ovary cancer: surgical techniques and innovative treatments -- Metabolic disturbance/paraneoplasic syndromes -- Radiotherapy aspects of spinal cord compression treatment -- INDEX.

This textbook addresses themes ranging from the molecular issues of cancer sciences to clinical practice in medical oncology. It clarifies many topics, including molecular oncology, chemotherapy pharmacology and practical issues for clinicians. Systemic treatments in many areas of oncology feature, such as breast cancer, gastrointestinal, thoracic, urological oncology, head and neck tumors, bone tumors, sarcomas and palliative care. An excellent source for young physicians and researchers in the field of oncology, this book furthers understanding of medical oncology practice and facilitates professionals’ treatment of cancer patients. It sets the direction for future research in the field, and will become the readers’ regular working tool.