{"product_id":"textbook-of-uncommon-cancer-isbn-9781119196204","title":"Textbook of Uncommon Cancer","description":"The fifth edition of the only comprehensive text dealing exclusively with rare or infrequently encountered malignancies in adults and children is an essential resource for any clinical oncologist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncompasses all the information needed to diagnose and manage uncommon cancers, an area where advice and guidance is typically scarce\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFully revised with new material and an evidence-based, teach-by-example approach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides insight on real-world decision making in the clinical setting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEdited and authored by a highly experienced and senior team of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and other specialists, giving a balanced and complete overview\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensively illustrated in full color throughout, including heat maps to show gene expression\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors, xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations, xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 General Principles of Care of Uncommon Cancers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Structured Approach to Uncommon Cancers, 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Raghavan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Patients Need to Know: Information Needs and Information Sources of Patients Diagnosed with Rare Cancers, 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana L. Ladd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Involving the Public in Rare Cancer Care and Research: Shaping the Future for Rare and Uncommon Cancers, 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack S. Nunn, Clare L. Scott, John W. Stubbs, Sarah F. Cherry, and Marie M. Bismark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Genitourinary Cancers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Uncommon Tumors of the Kidney, 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuillermo De Velasco, Sabina Signoretti, Brian I. Rini, and Toni K. Choueiri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Uncommon Cancers of the Bladder, 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumaid Al‐Shamsi, Donna E. Hansel, Joaquim Bellmunt, and Arlene O. Siefker‐Radtke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Urethral Cancer, 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya B. Dorff, Leslie K. Ballas, Anne K. Schuckman,Manju Aron, and David I. Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Uncommon Cancers of the Prostate, 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott T. Tagawa, Jaspreet S. Batra, Brian D. Robinson, and Ana Aparicio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Rare Tumors of the Testis and Paratesticular Tissues, 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Huddart, Anna Patrikidou, and Stephen Hazell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Penile Carcinoma, 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Ryan Mark, Stephen B. Riggs, David L. Graham,Derek R. McHaffie, Chad A. Livasy, and \u003c\/i\u003eEarle F. Burgess\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Head and Neck Cancer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Uncommon Tumors of the Oral Cavity and Adjacent Structures, 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadalina Tuluc, Voichita Bar‐Ad, David Cognetti, Jennifer Johnson, and Rita Axelrod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rare Tumors of the Larynx, 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth J. Niermann, Jill Gilbert, Kyle Mannion, Joseph M. Aulino, Kim Ely, and Barbara A. Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Nonendemic Populations, 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLachlan McDowell, Annette Lim, and June Corry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Esthesioneuroblastoma, 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine H. Chung, Gary L. Gallia, Bruce M. Wenig, John A. Arrington, and Jimmy J. Caudell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4 Thoracic Tumors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma, 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohammad Abu Zaid, Kenneth Kesler, Jessica Smith, Sunil Badve, and Patrick J. Loehrer Sr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Primary Sarcomas of the Lung, 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVinod Ravi, Mara Antonoff, Hannah Wingate, Wei‐Lien Wang, and Kelly K. Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Mesothelioma, 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna K. Nowak, John G. Edwards, and Jenette Creaney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Primary Melanoma of the Lung, 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouise A. Jackett, Richard A. Scolyer, James F. Bishop, and John F. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNanna H. Sulai, Edward S. Kim, and Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Lung Adenocarcinoma: Current Classifications and Uncommon Mutations, 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathryn F. Mileham, Jennifer L. Ersek, Edward S. Kim, and Ignacio I. Wistuba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Primary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lung, 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles B. Simone II, John G. Devlin, Sunil Singhal, and Corey J. Langer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 5 Breast Cancers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Metaplastic Breast Cancer, 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReva K. Basho, Helenice Gobbi, Bryan T. Hennessy, Michael Z. Gilcrease, A. Bapsi Chakravarthy, Gildy Babiera, Wei Yang, Vicente Valero, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Stacy L. Moulder, and Ingrid A. Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Tubular Carcinoma of the Breast, 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelinda E. Sanders, Ingrid A. Mayer, and A. Bapsi Chakravarthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Breast Sarcoma, 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMai‐Kim Gervais, Rebecca A. Gladdy, Abha Gupta, Rita Kandel, and Charles Catton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast, 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoinette R. Tan and Chad A. Livasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Breast Cancer in Men, 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuleiman Alfred Massarweh and George W. Sledge Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 6 Gastrointestinal Tumors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Uncommon Tumors of the Esophagus, 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristina H. Hajdu, Robert Rosser, and Lawrence Leichman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Uncommon Cancers of the Stomach, 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeta Popa, Felice Schnoll‐Sussman, Arun Jesudian, Govind Nandakumar, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Manish A. Shah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Uncommon Cancers of the Small Bowel, 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKanwal Raghav, Matthew H. G. Katz, and Michael J. Overman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Uncommon Cancers of the Pancreas, 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Diab and Philip A. Philip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Uncommon Hepatobiliary Tumors, 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony El‐Khoueiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Unusual Tumors of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus, 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane Reidy‐Lagunes, Christopher H. Lieu, Wells A. Messersmith, and Karyn Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret von Mehren, Brian P. Rubin, Douglas B. Flieder, and Chandrajit P. Raut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 7 Gynecological Cancers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Surgery for Uncommon Gynecological Cancers, 493\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Wendel Naumann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Histologies That Cross Organ Types, 508\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmanda Jackson and Preetha Ramalingam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary, 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniela E. Matei, A. Lindsay Frazier, Jean A. Hurteau, and Farzana D. Pashankar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors of the Ovary, 533\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJubilee Brown, Isabelle Ray‐Coquard, and Kris Ann P. Schultz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, 550\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeiichi Fujiwara, Katsutoshi Oda, Masashi Takano, and Noriomi Matsumura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Mucinous Carcinoma of the Ovary, 557\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaroline C. Billingsley and David M. Gershenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Low‐Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary, 564\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmanda Nickles Fader and Anais Malpica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Borderline Tumors of the Ovary, 572\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin K. Crane and Premal H. Thaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Fallopian Tube and Peritoneal Cancers, 582\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDestin Black, Kara Long Roche, and Ginger J. Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Nonendometrioid Endometrial Carcinomas and Uterine Sarcomas, 591\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew A. Powell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Tumors of the Cervix, 618\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrishnansu S. Tewari and Bradley J. Monk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Tumors of the Vulva and Vagina, 643\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVance Broach and Mario M. Leitao Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease, 653\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Lurain, Michael Seckl, and Julian Schink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Targeted Therapy in Gynecological Malignancy, 663\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehrouz Zand, Shannon N. Westin, and Robert L. Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 8 Endocrine Tumors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Adrenal Neoplasms, 681\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshley A. Stewart and Ellen Shannon Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Uncommon Cancers of the Thyroid, 713\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBhavana Konda and Manisha H. Shah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Parathyroid Carcinoma, 730\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen Veloski and John A. Ridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 9 Hematological Malignancies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Rare Acute Leukemias, 740\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eB. Douglas Smith and Jonathan Webster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Unusual Myelodysplastic and Myelodysplastic\/ Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Padron and Rami Komrokji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Rare B Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders, 760\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew G. Evans and Paul M. Barr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Uncommon Presentations of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, 776\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Brayer, Mohamad A. Hussein, and Rachid Baz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Rare Bone Marrow Failure Conditions, 793\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy S. Duffield and Amy E. DeZern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia, and Primary Myelofibrosis, 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaoul Tibes and Ruben A. Mesa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Rare T Cell Lymphomas, 830\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAleksandr Lazaryan and John Sweetenham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 10 Neurological Tumors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Primary Melanotic Tumors of the Central Nervous System, 840\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL. Burt Nabors, Rong Li, Cheryl A. Palmer, and Philip R. Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Comprehensive Management of Chordoma, 847\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarun R. Kshettry, Jennifer S. Yu, Vyshak A. Venur, Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, and Pablo F. Recinos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas, 856\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandyn A. Castro, Melissa M. J. Chua, and Priscilla K. Brastianos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma, 871\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacarena I. de la Fuente and Lisa M. DeAngelis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Choroid Plexus Tumors, 883\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Aicardi and Nicholas A. Butowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Diffuse Low‐Grade Gliomas, 888\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Daniel Yang, Jennifer Clarke, and Daphne Haas‐Kogan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 High‐Grade Gliomas, 899\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshley L. Sumrall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Ependymomas, 907\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberta Rudà, Mark R. Gilbert, and Riccardo Soffietti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Medulloblastoma in Adults, 917\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna M. Kenney, Robert C. Castellino, Paul L. Moots, Christopher D. Corso, and Minesh P. Mehta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Pineal Parenchymal Tumors, 939\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYosuke Kitagawa, Patrick Y. Wen, and Shota Tanaka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Craniopharyngiomas, 949\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanilo Silva, Mayur Sharma, Gazanfar Rahmathulla, and Gene H. Barnett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Ophthalmic Cancers, 964\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria M. Choudhary and Arun D. Singh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 11 Cutaneous Malignancies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Unusual Cutaneous Malignancies, 976\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles T. Darragh, Lee E. Wheless, William G. Stebbins, Jeffrey P. Zwerner, Anthony J. Crimaldi, Thomas Olencki, and Laura Y. McGirt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, 994\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarrie Luu, Jane L. Messina, Andrew S. Brohl, and Vernon K. Sondak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Unusual Melanomas, 1002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorganna Freeman, Richard D. Carvajal, Mark Faries, and Omid Hamid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 12 Musculoskeletal Tumors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Uncommon Tumors of Soft Tissue, 1022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Ahrens, Michael Livingston, Robert Lopez, Anthony J. Crimaldi, and Jeffrey Kneisl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 13 Pediatric Cancers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Introduction to Rare Pediatric Malignancies, 1069\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlberto S. Pappo and Gregory H. Reaman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Uncommon Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Children, 1072\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlberto S. Pappo and Wayne L. Furman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Rare Pediatric Malignancies of the Head and Neck, 1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia E. Herzog, Michael E. Kupferman, Winston Huh, and Anita Mahajan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Uncommon Pediatric Tumors of the Thorax, 1097\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoav H. Messinger, Kris Ann P. Schultz, and Louis P. Dehner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Uncommon Adrenal Tumors in Children and Adolescents, 1126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaul C. Ribeiro, Carlos Rodriguez‐Galindo, Emilia M. Pinto, Gerard P. Zambetti, and Bonald C. Figueiredo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Uncommon Pediatric Genitourinary Tumors, 1138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Pohl and Jeffrey S. Dome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Uncommon Pediatric Brain Tumors, 1152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert C. Castellino, Matthew Schniederjan, and Tobey J. MacDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Malignant Tumors of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue in Children, 1172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlberto S. Pappo and Carlos Rodriguez‐Galindo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 Rare Hematological Malignancies in Children, 1190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbby M. Green and Stephen P. Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 1203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Raghavan, MD, PhD, FACP, FRACP, FASCO.\u003c\/b\u003e President, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System; Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManmeet S. Ahluwalia, MD, FACP.\u003c\/b\u003e Dean and Diane Miller Family Endowed Chair in Neuro-Oncology, Head of Operations, Director, Brain Metastasis Research Program; Associate Director, Clinical Trials, The Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles D. Blanke, MD, FACP, FASCO.\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJubilee Brown, MD.\u003c\/b\u003e Professor and Associate Director of Gynecologic Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward S. Kim, MD, FACP.\u003c\/b\u003e Chair, Department of Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics; Donald S. Kim Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory H. Reaman, MD.\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS.\u003c\/b\u003e Director, Leukemia Program and Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn uncommon tumor presents a difficult challenge to the clinician as advice on diagnosis, treatment, and therapy is scarce. Rather than spend extended periods of time researching each new presentation of an uncommon cancer, the Textbook of Uncommon Cancer provides the clinician with all the information and advice needed in one comprehensive guide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fifth edition of this authoritative and unique text has been fully revised with new material and an evidence-based, teach-by-example approach in order to deliver unparalleled insight on real-world decision-making in the clinical setting. Where evidence is scarce, the authors provide paradigms on how they address the relevant issues from first principles. Contributions are made by highly experienced and senior teams of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and other specialists, giving a balanced and complete overview on how to address each malignancy. New to this edition are the following:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• An increased focus on gene expressions to refine diagnosis.\u003cbr\u003e• The inclusion of heat maps to show this gene expression. \u003cbr\u003e• An increased focus on explaining histopathology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTextbook of Uncommon Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e enables readers to improve their quality of care by providing expert collation of limited evidence-based and clinical data. 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