The Teaching Cases from Annals of Oncology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. General Oncology

   1. Fever and neutropenia during intensive chemotherapy

      • J. Klastersky

      Pages 1-4

   2. Tamoxifen and hypercalcaemia

      • G. Daugaard

      Pages 5-9

   3. Tumour-induced hypoglycaemia: A case report

      • K. Hoekman, J. van Doorn, T. Gloudemans, O. S. Hoekstra, J. A. Maassen, J. B. Vermorken et al.

      Pages 11-15

   4. Metastatic tumor of unknown primary site

      • A. Piga, V. Catalano, N. Cardarelli, R. Cellerino

      Pages 17-21

   5. Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes

      • J. Bauer, T. Kuntzer, S. Leyvraz

      Pages 23-28

   6. The management of bone metastases

      • J. Vinholes, R. Coleman

      Pages 29-36

3. Lymphoma

   1. The management of Hodgkin’s disease

      • J. A. Radford, G. R. Morgenstern, D. Crowther

      Pages 37-41

   2. Mediastinal mass with fever and night sweats in a young farmer — potential pitfalls in the diagnostic work-up and treatment

      • R. A. Joss, J.-O. Gebbers

      Pages 43-46

   3. Malignant lymphoma versus sarcoma: Discordance between clinical course and immunocytochemistry

      • U. Kaiser, K.-H. Pflüger, M. Tiemann, K. Havemann

      Pages 47-50

   4. The management of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma with sclerosis

      • W. Brugger, R. Engelhardt, R. Mertelsmann, L. Kanz

      Pages 51-55

   5. The management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia — a case history

      • Y. Bastion, N. Dhedin, P. Felman, B. Coiffier

      Pages 57-62

   6. Chylothorax in lymphoma: Mechanisms and management

      • A. M. O’Callaghan, G. M. Mead

      Pages 63-67

   7. Lymphoma of uncertain phenotype

      • G. B. Zulian, P.-Y. Dietrich, B. Conne, S. Anchisi, J.-C. Pache, C. Rouden et al.

      Pages 69-74

   8. Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis: A case history

      • J. L. Craze, J. Pritchard

      Pages 75-80

   9. Second cancers complicating Hodgkin’s disease

      • E. O’Reilly, J. Crown

      Pages 81-84

4. Ovarian Cancer

   1. The management of ovarian cancer

      • A. M. Prové, L. Y. Dirix, D. Schrijvers, A. T. Van Oosterom

      Pages 85-89

   2. The endodermal sinus tumour and clear cell ovarian cancer

      • M. E. R. O’Brien, T. Perren, S. Tan, C. Fisher, E. Wiltshaw

      Pages 91-94

   3. The management of granulosa cell tumor of the ovary — a case history

      • C. A. H. H. V. M. Verhagen, Q. G. C. M. van Hoesel, C. P. T. Schijf, P. H. M. De Mulder

      Pages 95-98

5. Germ Cell Tumours

   1. The management of non-seminomatous germ cell tumours (GCT)

      • L. Paz-Ares, P. Lianes, H. Cortes-Funes

      Pages 99-104

The Teaching Cases Series of Annals of Oncology was editor and publisher of Annals that the first series of cases started in Apri11993. The aim was to use clinical cases as should be published in book form. a means of teaching the principles of diagnosis and Looking back over the first three years of cases, it is management of cancer. We kept in mind the educational clear that a wide range of cancer medicine has been needs of doctors in training, and of other health care covered to a very high standard. Taken together, the cases professionals. We planned that the cases would cover a are a valuable and a convenient source of information. For wide range of clinical diagnosis and diagnostic problems this book the text and references have been updated where and treatment decisions. necessary. In choosing the authors I have emphasized expertise I hope that readers of Annals of Oncology and others and enthusiasm. I attempted to invite cases from as wide a will find it a useful addition to their libraries. I am grate­ range of contributors as possible to reflect different ful to Franco Cavalli for having invited me to be the first opinions in the European countries. The contributors have editor of this series which I am sure will continue to responded magnificently to my requests for changes, my flourish. constant reminders, and my adaptation of their prose.

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• Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

  R. L. Souhami

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