Selected Topics in Clinical Oncology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Carcinoma of the Parathyroid

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 1-10

3. Paraganglioma

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 11-36

4. Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 37-64

5. Endocrine Tumors of the Git

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 65-120

6. Carcinoids

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 121-183

7. Primary Tumors of the Heart

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 184-213

8. Tumors of the Adrenal Cortex

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 214-240

9. Pheochromocytoma

   • J. M. Debois

   Pages 241-280

10. Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 281-294

11. Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 295-344

12. Cancer of the Salivary Glands

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 345-391

13. Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 392-475

14. Cancer of the Gallbladder

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 476-502

15. Cancer of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 503-526

16. Cancer of the Small Intestine

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 527-546

17. Malignant Tumors of the Appendix

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 547-554

18. Malignant Tumors of the Cecum

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 555-561

19. Cancer of the Anus and the Anal Canal

    • J. M. Debois

    Pages 562-586

20. Back Matter

    Pages 587-596

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By Prof.Dr.A.T.Van Oosterom Head of the Department of Oncology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium The word cancer defines over 180 different diseases. Some occurring quite often and are well known, others are very rare and sometimes so unknown that the diagnosis is not even suspected at operation. In this book, Dr.Debois, a retired radiation oncologist, describes a selected group of cancer types, some of which are difficult to find in the standard textbooks, in a logical format starting with their bibliography, history, incidence, anatomy, clinical presentation, diagnosis and staging, treatment and follow-up. For the general oncologist in the community it gives the appropriate data to understand the described diseases and to familiarize him with the peculiar patient he has identified. The many tables and figures in every chapter contain an enormous amount of data difficult to collect without extensive searches. The mix of historical and new (genetic) data makes reading attractive. In my opinion this book will find his place in the library of every oncologist who wants to know more about the rarer tumors he or she encounters. We know a lot about the common tumors but too little about the diseases described here.

• cancer
• carcinoma
• oncology
• tumor

`All these characteristics make the present booka very valuable tool, more for the specialised oncologist than for the young student'
Selected Topics in Oncology (March, 2001)

Dr. J.M. Debois is a retired radiation oncologist with forty years of academic and private practice. He has published two other books and more than a hundred articles, of which several appeared in peer-reviewed periodicals, case reports and reviews.

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