Full Description
With the rapid expansion of imaging technologies, molecular markers, and onco‑pathological tests, clinicians increasingly face uncertainty about selecting the most appropriate investigations for diagnosing and staging cancer. This lack of clarity often results in under‑ or over‑investigating, leading to delays in initiating timely treatment.
This book provides a structured, subsite‑wise—and in some sections, histology‑wise—overview of the ideal investigations required to diagnose, stage, prognosticate, and predict cancer and its treatment responses. It offers evidence based recommendations (based on sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, etc.) and concise guidance that clinicians can readily apply in daily practice. Each chapter outlines the essential investigations needed during post‑treatment follow‑up of cancer patients.
The book serves oncology residents across surgical, medical, and radiation oncology, as well as junior and senior faculty seeking to strengthen their investigative approach and apply evidence‑based practices consistently in clinical settings.
Contents
1: Presentation and evaluation of pediatric CNS tumors.- 2. Presentation and evaluation of adult CNS tumors.- 3. Presentation and evaluation Spinal tumors.- 4. Genetic syndromes in CNS tumors.- 5. Evaluation of patients in follow up after treatment in CNS tumors.- 6. Evaluation and staging in nasopharyngeal cancer.- 7. Evaluation and staging in oropharyngeal, laryngeal, hypo-pharyngeal cancers.- 8. Evaluation and staging in oral cavity cancer.- 9. Evaluation and staging in thyroid malignancy.- 10. Evaluation and staging para-nasal sinus cancer.- 11. Evaluation and staging salivary gland malignancy.- 12. Rare tumors of head and neck- 13. Evaluation and staging of lung cancer.- 14. Screening in cancers.- 15. Evaluation of benign masses in thorax.- 16. Evaluation and staging of Breast cancer.- 17. Evaluation of non-IDC Breast cancer.- 18. Presentation and evaluation of esophageal cancer.- 19. Presentation and evaluation of gastric cancer.- 20. Presentation and evaluation of colorectal cancer. 21. Presentation and evaluation of hepatobiliary - malignancy.- 22. Presentation and evaluation of Anal Canal cancer.- 23. Presentation and evaluation of Prostate and bladder malignancy.- 24. Evaluation and staging Testicular malignancy.- 25. Evaluation and staging of Cervical Cancer.- 26. Evaluation and staging of Endometrial Cancer.- 27. Presentation and evaluation of Ovarian Cancer.- 28. Evaluation and staging Ewing sarcoma, RMS.- 29. Evaluation and staging Wilms tumor.- 30. Evaluation and staging Soft tissue Sarcoma, Bone sarcoma- 31. Skin and adnexal malignancy.- 32. Miscellaneous pediatric tumors.
