Categories for Clinical Oncology

Head and Neck

• Larynx
• Oral cavity
• Oropharynx
• Hypopharynx
• Nasopharynx
• Salivary glands
• Orbits
• Temporal bone
• Thyroid gland
• Other

Skin Cancers

• Skin -- Basal Cell
• Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
• Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers

Pediatrics

• Retinoblastoma
• Wilms tumor
• Neuroblastoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft tissue sarcomas
• Hodgkin's disease
• Lymphomas
• Leukemias
• Langerhans Cell Histocytosis X
• Ewing ’s sarcoma and other bone tumors
• Pediatric solid tumors
• Soft-tissue sarcoma - Desmoid
• Germ cell tumor
• Hepatic tumor
• Osteosarcoma

Pediatric CNS Tumors

• Medulloblastoma
• Astrocytoma (glioma) low grade
• Astrocytoma, high grade
• Brain stem glioma
• Ependymoma
• Pineal/Germ cell
• Craniopharyngioma
• Optic tract
• Other

Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract

• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small bowel
• Colon/rectum
• Anus
• Pancreas
• Biliary tract
• Liver
• Other

Gynecology

• Cervix
• Endometrium/uterus
• Ovaries & fallopian tubes
• Vagina
• Vulva
• Other

Genitourinary (GU) Tract

• Prostate
  • Low Risk Prostate Cancer
  • Intermediate and High Risk Prostate Cancer
  • Salvage and Adjuvant Treatments
  • Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  • Brachytherapy
• Bladder
• Testes/seminoma
• Testes/nonseminoma
• Kidneys
• Ureter
• Urethra
• Penis
• Other

Lymphomas and Leukemias

• Hodgkin disease
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma
• Total body irradiation
• Total skin irradiation
• Radioimmunotherapy
• Other

Lung/Mediastinum

• Non-small cell cancer
  • Early Stage NSCLC
  • Advanced NSCLC
• Small cell cancer
• Pleural Mesothelioma
• Thymomas and/or other mediastinum tumors
• Other

Breast

• Early-stage breast cancer
• Locally advanced breast cancer
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Carcinoma in situ: DCIS and LCIS
• Locally recurrent breast cancer
• Metastatic breast cancer
• Other

Soft Tissue and Bone (Mesenchymal)

• Sarcomas of the Bone
• Ewing ’s sarcoma
• Other bone tumors
• Soft tissue sarcomas
• Desmoid tumor
• Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Other

Central Nervous System CNS

• General CNS
• Astrocytoma, low grade
• Astrocytoma, high grade
• Medulloblastoma
• Brainstem glioma
• Ependymoma
• Pineal
• Brain
• Lymphoma
• Meningioma
• Pituitary
• Spinal cord
• Craniopharyngioma
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Optic tract
• Oligodendroglioma
• Other

Palliation

• Skeletal metastases
• Brain metastases
• Cord compression
• Vena cava syndrome
• Hemostases
• Relief of obstruction
• Other

Biostatistics

• Study design
• Definitions of statistical terms
• General interpretation & analysis
• Survival curves
• Specificity/sensitivity
• Tests of significance
• Phase III studies (randomized)
• Retrospective trials/historical controls
• Phase I & II studies (nonrandomized case control studies)
• Multiple trials/metaanalysis
• Lab tests/x-ray studies
• Other

Miscellaneous

• Ethics
• Intravascular brachytherapy
• Questions that do not relate to specific anatomical sites as listed above
• Other applications of irradiation