Internal Medicine · Common solid tumors · David Aldana
Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Compendio exhaustivo de los principios oncológicos generales y de los tumores sólidos de mayor prevalencia en la práctica clínica internista: epidemiología, biología molecular, presentación, diagnóstico, estadificación, terapéutica contemporánea y correlaciones clínicas.
What it covers
- Chapter 1 Carcinogenesis and hallmarks of cancer
- · § 1.1 Clonal nature of cancer
- · § 1.2 The hallmarks of cancer
- · § 1.3 Oncogenes and suppressor genes
- · § 1.4 The tumor microenvironment
- · § 1.5 Carcinogens
- Chapter 2 Staging, markers and patient evaluation
- · § 2.1 The TNM system
- · § 2.2 ECOG and Karnofsky
- · § 2.3 Serum tumor markers
- · § 2.4 Molecular pathology and precision oncology
- · § 2.5 Imaging in oncology
- Chapter 3 Paraneoplastic syndromes
- · § 3.1 Definition and mechanisms
- · § 3.2 Endocrine syndromes
- · § 3.3 Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
- · § 3.4 Hematological syndromes
- · § 3.5 Mucocutaneous and rheumatological syndromes
- · § 3.6 Oncological cachexia
- Chapter 4 Oncological emergencies
- · § 4.1 Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS)
- · § 4.2 Metastatic spinal cord compression
- · § 4.3 Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS)
- · § 4.4 Febrile neutropenia
- · § 4.5 Malignant hypercalcemia
- · § 4.6 Other emergencies
- Chapter 5 Oncological screening programs
- Chapter 6 Lung cancer
- · § 6.1 Epidemiology and risk factors
- · § 6.2 Histological classification
- · § 6.3 NSCLC Molecular Biology
- · § 6.4 Clinical manifestations
- · § 6.5 Diagnosis
- · § 6.6 Staging and treatment
- Chapter 7 Esophageal cancer
- · § 7.1 Epidemiology and risk factors
- · § 7.2 Clinic
- · § 7.3 Diagnosis and staging
- · § 7.4 Treatment
- Chapter 8 Gastric cancer
- · § 8.1 Risk factors
- · § 8.2 Lauren's classification
- · § 8.3 Clinic
- · § 8.4 Diagnosis and treatment
- Chapter 9 Colorectal cancer
- · § 9.1 Risk factors
- · § 9.2 Colonic carcinogenesis
- · § 9.3 Clinic
- · § 9.4 Diagnosis, staging and molecular
- · § 9.5 Treatment
- Chapter 10 Hepatocellular carcinoma
- · § 10.1 Risk factors
- · § 10.2 Screening
- · § 10.3 Clinic
- · § 10.4 Diagnosis
- · § 10.5 BCLC staging and treatment
- Chapter 11 Pancreatic cancer
- · § 11.1 Risk factors
- · § 11.2 Clinic
- · § 11.3 Diagnosis
- · § 11.4 Treatment
- Chapter 12 Prostate cancer
- · § 12.1 Epidemiology and risk factors
- · § 12.2 Screening and diagnosis
- · § 12.3 Classification: Gleason and ISUP groups
- · § 12.4 Staging
- · § 12.5 Treatment
- Chapter 13 Renal cell carcinoma
- · § 13.1 Risk factors
- · § 13.2 Histological classification
- · § 13.3 Clinic
- · § 13.4 Diagnosis and treatment
- Chapter 14 Bladder cancer
- · § 14.1 Risk factors
- · § 14.2 Clinic
- · § 14.3 Diagnosis and treatment
- Chapter 15 Breast cancer
- · § 15.1 Risk factors
- · § 15.2 Molecular classification
- · § 15.3 Clinic
- · § 15.4 Diagnosis
- · § 15.5 Treatment
- Chapter 16 Cervical cancer
- · § 16.1 HPV and carcinogenesis
- · § 16.2 Screening and prevention
- · § 16.3 Clinic and diagnosis
- · § 16.4 Treatment
- Chapter 17 Endometrial cancer
- · § 17.1 Risk factors and classification
- · § 17.2 Clinic, diagnosis and treatment
- Chapter 18 Ovarian cancer
- · § 18.1 Risk factors
- · § 18.2 Histology
- · § 18.3 Clinic and diagnosis
- · § 18.4 Treatment
- Chapter 19 Thyroid cancer
- · § 19.1 Histological classification
- · § 19.2 Study of the thyroid nodule
- · § 19.3 Treatment
- Chapter 20 Cutaneous melanoma
- · § 20.1 Risk factors
- · § 20.2 ABCDE and clinical subtypes
- · § 20.3 Diagnosis, staging and biology
- · § 20.4 Treatment
- Selected bibliography
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- Internal Medicine
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- Clinical Specialties
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- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02