Main description:

Cancer is a very aggressive disease and currently it has been considered a challenge to oncologists and cancer patients worldwide. Nowadays, several therapeutic strategies had improved toward last decades. Surgery is many times still the best curative treatment, mainly in early stage disease. However, Radiotherapy and chemotherapy acquired a main role in this scenario. Target therapies were introduced for medical oncology practice and are demonstrating a hallmark of a new era in cancer treatment. More recently, immunotherapy has been considered the novel cornerstone in cancer treatment. The 2nd edition of the International Manual of Oncology Practice (iMOP) emerged after the great success of the iMOP 1st edition as a reference for medical oncologists and medical residents in the field. In this edition, several chapters were revised and its addresses from the molecular issues of cancer sciences to the clinical practice in medical oncology. In addition, multiple choice questions and clinical cases were included in the main chapters in order to improve the reader learning. The book focuses systemic treatments in many areas of medical oncology, such as breast cancer, gastrointestinal, thoracic, urological oncology, head and neck tumors, bone tumors, sarcomas and palliative care. The topics herein discussed will provide the readers a step forward in the medical oncology practice understanding and give facilities for help in cancer patient treatments.

Contents:

1

Cancer screening and epidemiology

R.A. De Mello

ramello@ualg.pt or ramondemello@doctors.org.uk

UALG, Portugal

2

Cancer stem cells

Jose Braganca

jebraganca@ualg.pt

UALG, Portugal

3

Apoptosis

Richard Hill

richard.hill@port.ac.uk

UALG, Portugal

4

Angiogenesis

Patricia Madureira

pamadureira@ualg.pt

UALG, Portugal

5

Genetic basis of metastasis

Mehmet Gunduz

mehmet.gunduz@gmail.com

Turgut Ozal University, Turkey

6

Anti-cancer Drugs

Wolfgang Link

walink@ualg.pt

UALG, Portugal

7

Immuno-oncology

Pedro Madureira

ramondemello@gmail.com

ICBAS Portugal

8

Health Econimics

Nelson Teich

nelsonteich@americasoncologia.com.br

Americas Oncologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PART II - SOLID TUMORS

THORACIC

9

Non-Small Cell Lung cancer

A. Tantraworasin

ohm_med@hotmail.com

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

10

Small cell lung cancer

A. Tantraworasin

ohm_med@hotmail.com

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

11

Mesothelioma

Vangelis Karamitrousis

v-a-g-@hotmail.com

Alexandroupolis, Greece

12

Thymus

Hakaru Tadokoro

ramondemello@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

BREAST

13

Breast

Ines Monteiro

ines.pcmonteiro@gmail.com

Lausanne, Switezerland

GASTROINTESTINAL

14

Oesophageal

Karima Oualla

karimarauf@hotmail.com

Fes, Marroco

15

Gastric

Luis Castelo-Branco

luismocb@hotmail.com

Faro, Portugal

16

Colon

Nora Forones

noraforones@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

17

Rectal

JInhui Zhu

ramondemello@gmail.com

China

18

Anal Canal Cancer

Hakaru Tadokoro

ramondemello@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

19

Small intestine

Pedro Aguiar Jr

pnajpg@hotmail.com

Santo Andre, Brazil

20

Liver Cancer

R. A. DE Mello

ramondemello@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

21

Pancreatic Cancer

George Antoniou

dr.antoniou@gmail.com

London, UK

GYNECOLOGICAL TUMORS

22

Ovarian

Renata Justa

renatajusta@gmail.com

ICC, Brazil

23

Cervical

Alvaro Henrique Ingles Garces

alvarohenriq@yahoo.com.br

INCA, Brazil

24

Vagina

Nikolaou Michail

nikolaoumike@hotmail.com

Larissa, Greece

25

Gestacional trophoblastic disease

Donald Peter Goldstein

DGOLDSTEIN@partners.org

Boston, MA, USA

GENITO-URINARY

26

Prostate Cancer

Arlindo Ferreira

ajrsferreira@gmail.com

Lisboa, Portugal

27

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Fernando Nunes

fernando.nunes@clion.com.br

Salvador, Brazil

28

Urothelial Cancer

Ramy F. Youssef

ryaacoub@uci.edu

California, USA

29

Germ-Cell Tumors

Giannis Mountzios

gmountzios@gmail.com

Athens, Greece

29.1

Penile Cancer

Nikolaos Tsoukalas

tsoukn@yahoo.gr

London, UK

30

Squamous Head and neck

Jean-Pascal Machiels

jean-pascal.machiels@uclouvain.be

Brussels, Belgium

31

Thyroid cancer

Washington Luiz

wwgois@gmail.com

Fortaleza, Brazil

32

Parotid Gland Tumors

Jose Aurillo Rocha

jaurillo@hotmail.com

Fortaleza, Brazil

SKIN, SOFT TISSUE, BONE, GIST AND ENDOCRINE

33

Melanoma

Paolo Ascierto

paolo.ascierto@gmail.com

Napoli, Italy

34

Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Carlos Marcio

carlossmarcio@gmail.com

Fortaleza, Brazil

35

Bone Sarcomas

Hakaru Tadokoro

ramondemello@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

36

GIST

R. A. De Mello

ramondemello@gmail.com

Brazil/Switzerland

37

NET

Yim KL

yimkl2000@hotmail.com

Cardiff, UK

38

Primary brain tumor

Hakaru Tadokoro

ramondemello@gmail.com

UNIFESP, Brazil

PART III - HEMATO-ONCOLOGY

39

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Eddy Supriyadi

e.supriyadi@gadjahmada.edu

Indonesia

40

Myelodisplastic Syndrome

Ronald Feitosa

ronaldfpinheiro@uol.com.br

Fortaleza, Brazil

PART IV - PALLIATIVE CARE AND SUPPORTIVE CARE

41

Metabolic disturbance/paraneoplasic syndromes

Carmelia Barreto

carmeliabarreto@gmail.com

Sao Paulo, Brazil

42

Spinal medular compression

Hakaru Tadokoro

ramondemello@gmail.com

Sao Paulo, Brazil

43

Superior vena cava syndrome

Maria Tolia

mariatolia1@gmail.com

Larissa, Greece

44

Febrile neutropenia

Bora Lim

naborala@gmail.com

Texas, USA

45

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Rudolph M. Navari

rmnavari@gmail.com

Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend, USA

46

Asthenia

F. Koinis

phillipkoinis@gmail.com

Athens, Greece

47

Oncological pain

R.A. De Mello

ramondemello@gmail.com

UALG, Portugal

48

Bone Metastases

Arlindo Rebelo-Ferreira

arjsferreira@gmail.com

Lisbon, Portugal

49

Brain metastasis

Tiago Padua Costa

tiagopadua1@hotmail.com

Sao Paulo, Brazil

50

Palliative care

Debora Galdencio

debora_galgencio@yahoo.com.br

Manaus, Brazil