Oncology

We present here an interesting case of a woman who presented with features of stroke but later emerged to have metastatic spine disease as the cause of her symptoms. The learning point to take from this case report is to maintain a broadly…

Cancer is not synonymous with pain; however, pain is a very common and debilitating symptom. Cancer is primarily a disease of older people, who will frequently rely heavily on general practitioners and care of the elderly physicians.…

There is a lack of literature specifically exploring the management of fractured neck of femur patients who may have palliative care needs for illnesses besides malignancy such as those with end stage dementia. Patients with dementia are…

Metastatic bone disease is a common cause of pain and disability for patients with advanced cancer. Early detection and appropriate management can limit pain, reduce disability and prevent complications such as hypercalcaemia, pathological…

Leukaemia encompasses a group of malignant disorders of haemopoietic tissues associated with increased numbers of primitive white cells, initially within the bone marrow and then spilling into the peripheral circulation. This review will…

It has been well studied that prostate cancer will affect almost all males if they live for a sufficient duration, which is an important consideration in line with the demographic changes occurring within the developed world.

The risk of developing ovarian cancer increases with age and the condition primarily affects post-menopausal women.

Skin cancer incidences continue to rise and the older patients are at particular risk. Correct diagnosis and early referral is important to allow for expert management and early effective treatment.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the western world. Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) occurs when hormone therapy fails to arrest the growth of prostate cancer; death due to prostate cancer is a…

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer and its incidence is increasing worldwide. Most skin cancers are non-melanoma, usually squamous-cell or basal-cell carcinoma.

Epithelial skin cancers such as basal-cell and squamous-cell cancers are the most common cancers of the older population. These cancers are usually not life-threatening and can be cured easily with radiotherapy if recognised early.

Neoplastic change increases with age but many cancers in the older patient are occult until a clinically important event causes rapid decline.

This article provide an insight into how new radiological techniques can be used to investigate for colon cancer in the older patient.

he incidence of prostate cancer has risen in the last 20 years. This article discuss the structure of a multidisciplinary approach and some of the new management tools available to provide the best treatment for patients.

In part one of a two-part series, Drs Heather Payne, Nishi Gupta, Omar Al Salihi, Faye Lim and David Gillatt discuss how the multidisciplinary approach to prostate cancer is structured and the new management tools to provide the best…