Oncology for Palliative Medicine

The scope of palliative oncology; cancer trials and epidemiology; principles of surgical oncology; principles of radiotherapy; systemic therapy; lung cancer and mesothelioma; colorectal cancer; breast cancer; urological cancer bladder, prostate, kidney & testis; upper gastrointestinal tumours oesophagus, stomach & pancreas; head and neck cancer; gynaecological cancer cervix, endometrium, ovary, vulva & vagina; central nervous system tumours; lymphomas Hodgkins disease, low grade NHL & high grade NHL; leukaemia and myeloma; malignancy associated with HIV infection; tumours of skin and soft tissue; carcinoma of unknown primary site; bone metastases; liver metastases; metastases involving lung, mediastinum and pleura; metastases involving brain and meninges; specific tumourassociated problems I pain; specific tumourassociated problems II renal failure, adrenal failure, hypercalcaemia, paraneoplastic syndromes, cahexia, thrombosis; death.