Oncology
The cross-cutting cancer unit: how malignancy behaves, how treatment is nursed, and the emergencies that make oncology patients prioritization questions. System-specific cancers live in their body systems and link back here.
Oncologic Emergencies
High-yieldFive ways cancer or its treatment turns deadly in hours — tumor lysis, neutropenic fever, SVC obstruction, cord compression, and hypercalcemia — and the recognition cues that start each clock.
Cancer Fundamentals & Treatment Care
Oncology basics High-yieldOne genetic disease with a thousand names — cells that grow when they should not, spread by a six-step route, and are treated with therapies that damage every fast-turnover tissue the patient owns.
Head & Neck Cancer
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) High-yieldSquamous cell cancers of the mouth, throat and voice box. Tobacco and alcohol drive most mouth cancers, while HPV now causes most oropharyngeal cancers — and HPV-positive tumors have a much better prognosis. Treatment can change how a person breathes, eats and speaks: after a total laryngectomy the patient breathes only through a neck stoma, and radiation leaves long-term mouth and dental risks.