Mark Bower, Professor of Oncology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. Jonathan Waxman, Professor of Oncology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.

• Preface viAbout the companion website viiPart 1 Introduction to oncology1 What is cancer? 32 The scientific basis of cancer 223 The principles of cancer treatment 524 Cancer and people 96Part 2 Types of cancer5 Breast cancer 1076 Central nervous system cancers 1167 Oesophageal cancer 1248 Gastric cancer 1289 Hepatobiliary cancer 13210 Pancreatic cancer 13711 Colorectal cancer 14312 Kidney cancer 15113 Bladder cancer 15614 Prostate cancer 16115 Testis cancer 16916 Gestational trophoblastic disease 17517 Cervical cancer 17818 Endometrial cancer 18319 Ovarian cancer 18620 Head and neck cancers 19321 Thyroid cancer 20022 Adrenal cancers 20323 Carcinoid tumours 20624 Pituitary tumours 21025 Parathyroid cancers 21226 Lung cancer 21427 Mesothelioma 22428 The leukaemias 22729 Hodgkin’s lymphoma 23830 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 24431 Myeloma 25232 Non-melanoma skin tumours 25833 Melanoma 26434 Paediatric solid tumours 27135 Cancers in teenagers and young adults 27936 Bone and soft tissue sarcomas 28137 Cancer of unknown primary 28938 Immunodeficiency-related cancers 295Part 3 The practice of oncology39 Paraneoplastic complications of cancer 30340 Oncological emergencies 31441 End of life care 33442 Cancer survivorship 339Index 341

"This book...provides a concise but quite complete overview of what oncology is about.The volume is designed for undergraduate students in medicine, but it can be a useful reading also for early trainees and for students in other life science related fields with an interest in cancer research. More experienced physicians and investigators might find the book useful for teaching purposes...Each chapter is very rich of illustrations, schemes, and tables and is ended with a list of key points. Considering also its low price, the book is recommended. (Hematological Oncology 17th June 2017)