Genitourinary Cancers
Genitourinary Cancers Victoria J. Wah Sinibaldi I. Genitourinary Malignancies (see Table 13-1 for an overview of the features of testicular, bladder, prostate, and kidney cancers) A. Includes malignancies of the…
Gastrointestinal Cancers
Gastrointestinal Cancers JoAnn Coleman I. Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers—An Overview A. The GI tract has the highest incidence of malignant tumors. 1. Cancers of the GI tract include parts of the…
Central Nervous System Cancers
Central Nervous System Cancers Pendleton P. Powers I. Definition: Central nervous system (CNS) malignancies occur in the brain or spinal cord; they may be primary or metastatic. A. Incidence: Approximately…
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Carol D. Riley I. Definition A. Incidence: Excluding skin cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, accounting for 32% of all cancers in the United…
Surgical Therapy
Surgical Therapy JoAnn Coleman I. History: Surgery is the oldest treatment for cancer and, until recently, the only cure for patients with cancer. The excision of a tumor recorded on…
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Jennifer Dunn Bucholtz Michele A. Parisi I. History: In the late 1890s, x-rays and gamma rays were discovered by Roentgen and Curie. By the early 1900s, ionizing radiation…
Complementary, Alternative, and Unproven Therapies
Complementary, Alternative, and Unproven Therapies Joanne Finley Susan Sartorius-Mergenthaler I. History: Complementary, alternative, and unproven therapies have been around for thousands of years, particularly in Chinese medicine. However, these therapies…
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy MiKaela Olsen I. Definition: Chemotherapy is the use of various chemical agents that interfere with the replication and other normal functions of cancer cells, resulting in cell death. The…
Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Jane C. Shivnan I. History A. Beginnings of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT): The earliest recorded attempt to use bone marrow therapeutically was in 1891, when…
Biological Therapies
Biological Therapies Brenda K. Shelton I. History A. In 1895, Hericourt and Richet were first to document antitumor immune therapy in humans, defining the immune surveillance theory of cancer development….
