Clinical Endocrine Oncology

Part I: Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options:; Structure and Development of the Endocrine System; Epidemiology of Endocrine Tumours; Inherited Susceptobility, Chromosomes and Cancer; Hormones, Growth Factors and Tumour Growth; Invasion, Metastases and Angiogenesis; Prospects for Gene Therapy for Endocrine Malignancies; Tumour Targeting; Chemotherapy in Endocrine Treatment; Radiotherapy for Endocrine Tumours; Interventional Radiology; The Surgical Management of Endocrine Tumours; General Management of Cancer Patients; Part II: Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumours:; The Assessment of Thyroid Neoplasia; Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging; Pathogenisis of Thyroid Cancer; Papillary Thyroid Cancer; Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma; Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Lymphoma; Parathyroid Adenomas and Hyperplasia; Parathyroid Carcinoma; Part III: Pituitary and Hypothalamic Lesions:; Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas; Endocrine Assessment; Imaging of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus; Pathology of Tumours of the Pituitary and Related Structures; Transsphenoidal Surgery; Pituitary Radiotherapy; Prolactinomas; Acromegaly; Cushing's Disease; Non Functioning Pituitary Adenomas; Gonadotrophinomas; Thyrotrophinomas; Pituitary Carcinoma; Cranio Laryngioma; Benign Cysts: Rathke's Cysts, Mucocoeles and Arachnoid Cysts; Dermoid and Epidemoid Cysts; Hamartomas; Cranial Ependymoma; Chordoma; Optic Nerve Gliomas; Perisellar Meningiomas; Pineal Tumours: Germinomas and Teratomas; Vascular Tumours; Langerhans Cell, Histiocytosis; Neurosarcoid; Part IV: Adrenal and Gonadal Tumours:; Imaging of the Adrenal Glands; Phaeochromocytoma; Neuroblastoma; Primary Hyperaldosteronism; Adrenal Causes of Cushing's Syndrome; Androgen Secreting Tumours; Imaging of Functional Gonadal Tumours; Ovarian Tumours; Testicular Tumours; Neoplasia and Intersex States; Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia; Part V: Neuroendocrine Tumours and their Clinical Syndromes:; Imaging of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours; Classification of Neuroendocrine Neoplasia; Tumour Markers; Insulinomas and Hypoglycaemia; Glucagonomas; Gastrinoma; Vipomas; Somatostatinoma; Bronchial and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors; Carcinoid Syndrome; Appendiceal Syndrome; Appendiceal and Hindgut Carcinoids; Chemotherapy for Malignant Neuroendocrine Tumours; Part VI: Medical Syndromes and Endocrine Neoplasia:; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (Men 1); Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 and Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid; Von Hippel-Lindau Disease; Neurofibromatosis; McCune-Albright Syndrome; Metastatic and other Extraneous Neoplasms in Endocrine Organs; Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion; Hypercalcaemia of Malignancy; Ectopic ACTH Secretion; Insulin-like Growth Factors and Tumour Hypoglycaemia; Cancer Treatment and Hypopituitarism; Cancer Therapy and Gonadal Dysfunction; Radiation Induced Thyroid Tumours; Part VII: Immunoendocrine Responsive Tumours:; Immunoendocrinology; Cytokine Responsive Tumours; Endocrine Responsive Tumours; Oestrogen Therapy: Benefits and Risks