Evidence-based Oncology -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Levels of evidence and grades of recommendation -- Section I: Principles and practice of "critical appraisal" -- 1 Appraising clinical literature in cancer -- 2 Finding the "best evidence" for cancer care -- 3 Understanding the concepts behind health economics -- 4 Stringent application of epidemiological criteria changes the interpretation of the effects of immunotherapy in advanced renal cell cancer -- Section II: Cancer prevention -- Preface -- 5 Which interventions help individuals to stop smoking? -- 6 Breast cancer prevention trials -- 7 Is cancer risk reduced by a health-enhancing diet? -- 8 Is cancer risk reduced by the intake or supplementation of retinoids and carotenoids? -- 9 Do primary and secondary prevention interventions for sun protection reduce the risk of skin cancers? -- 10 Do sunscreens reduce the incidence of skin cancers? -- 11 Can lifestyle behaviour change reduce the risk and incidence of urological cancers? -- 12 What is the role of prophylactic surgery in the prevention of colorectal cancer? -- Section III: Screening for cancers -- 13 Screening for breast cancer -- 14 Cervical screening -- 15 Screening for prostate cancer -- 16 Screening for ovarian cancer -- 17 Screening for colorectal cancer -- 18 Screening for lung cancer -- 19 Screening for stomach cancer -- 20 Screening for melanoma -- Section IV: Treating tumours of the respiratory system -- 21 Lung cancer -- 22 Malignant pleural mesothelioma -- Section V: Treating tumours of the gastrointestinal tract -- 23 Cancer of the oesophagus -- 24 Gastric carcinoma -- 25 Pancreatic cancer -- 26 Hepatobiliary cancers -- 27 The treatment of cancers of the small bowel -- 28 The treatment of carcinoma of the colon and rectum -- 29 Treatment of anal cancer.

Section VI: Treating tumours of the urogenital system -- 30 Kidney cancer -- 31 Cancer of the bladder -- 32 Cancer of the prostate -- 33 Cancer of the penis -- 34 Testicular germ cell cancer -- Section VII: Treating gynaecological tumours -- 35 Ovarian and fallopian tube cancers -- 36 Cancer of the uterine corpus -- 37 Cancer of the cervix and vagina -- 38 Treating vulval cancer -- 39 Gestational trophoblastic disease -- Section VIII: Treating breast cancer -- 40 Breast cancer -- Section IX: Treating skin cancer -- 41 Cutaneous melanoma -- 42 Treatment of basal cell carcinoma -- 43 Squamous cell carcinoma -- 44 Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma -- 45 Kaposi's sarcoma -- Section X: Treating sarcomas -- 46 Soft tissue sarcoma -- Section XI: Treating central nervous system tumours -- 47 Central nervous system tumours -- Section XII: Treating cancers of the eye and associated structures -- 48 Uveal melanoma -- 49 Ocular adnexal and orbital tumours -- Index.