Ch. 1. Milestones in our understanding of cancer
Ch. 2. Biology of cancer
Ch. 3. Immunology
Ch. 4. Carcinogenesis
Ch. 5. Cancer control and epidemiology
Ch. 6. Factors affecting health behavior
Ch. 7. Cultural diversity among individuals with cancer
Ch. 8. Dynamics of cancer prevention
Ch. 9. Assessment and interventions for cancer detection
Ch. 10. Counseling on genetic risk for cancer
Ch. 11. Diagnostic evaluation, classification, and staging
Ch. 12. Quality of life as an outcome of cancer care
Ch. 13. Principles of treatment planning and clinical research
Ch. 14. Surgical therapy
Ch. 15. Principles of radiotherapy
Ch. 16. Radiotherapy administration and techniques
Ch. 17. Radiation therapy: toxicities and management
Ch. 18. Chemotherapy: principles of therapy
Ch. 19. Chemotherapy: principles of administration
Ch. 20. Chemotherapy: toxicity management
Ch. 21. Principles of bone marrow and hematopoietic cell transplantation
Ch. 22. Techniques of hematopoietic cell transplantation
Ch. 23. Complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation
Ch. 24. Biotherapy.

Ch. 25. Gene therapy
Ch. 26. Late effects of cancer treatment
Ch. 27. Alternative and complementary therapies in cancer management
Ch. 28. Assessment of cancer pain
Ch. 29. Management of cancer pain
Ch. 30. Infection
Ch. 31. Bleeding
Ch. 32. Fatigue
Ch. 33. Nutritional disturbances
Ch. 34. Hypercalcemia
Ch. 35. Paraneoplastic syndromes
Ch. 36. Malignant effusions and edemas
Ch. 37. Sexual and reproductive dysfunction
Ch. 38. Cardiac tamponade
Ch. 39. Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Ch. 40. Septic shock
Ch. 41. Spinal cord compression
Ch. 42. Superior vena cava syndrome
Ch. 43. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
Ch. 44. Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Ch. 45. AIDS-related malignancies
Ch. 46. Bone and soft-tissue sarcoma
Ch. 47. Bladder and kidney cancer
Ch. 48. Breast cancer
Ch. 49. Central nervous system cancers
Ch. 50. Cervical cancer
Ch. 51. Colorectal cancer
Ch. 52. Endocrine malignancies
Ch. 53. Endometrial cancer
Ch. 54. Esophageal cancer
Ch. 55. Gallbladder and bile duct cancer.

Ch. 56. Head and neck malignancies
Ch. 57. Leukemia
Ch. 58. Liver cancer: primary and metastatic disease
Ch. 59. Lung cancers
Ch. 60. Malignant lymphomas
Ch. 61. Multiple myeloma
Ch. 62. Ovarian cancer
Ch. 63. Pancreatic cancer
Ch. 64. Prostate cancer
Ch. 65. Skin cancers
Ch. 66. Stomach cancer
Ch. 67. Testicular germ cell cancer
Ch. 68. Vulvar and vaginal cancer
Ch. 69. Psychosocial responses to cancer
Ch. 70. Physical, economic, and social issues confronting patients and families
Ch. 71. Spiritual and ethical end-of-life concerns
Ch. 72. Quality of care
Ch. 73. Patient education and support
Ch. 74. Hospital care
Ch. 75. Ambulatory care
Ch. 76. Home care
Ch. 77. Hospice and palliative care
Ch. 78. Advancing cancer nursing through nursing education
Ch. 79. Role of the oncology advanced practice nurse
Ch. 80. Advancing cancer nursing through nursing research
Ch. 81. Ethical issues in cancer nursing practice
Ch. 82. Transforming cancer care through informatics
Ch. 83. Policy, politics, and oncology nursing
Ch. 84. Thriving as an oncology nurse
Ch. 85. Resources for cancer nurses.