Year 3
Clinical Clerkship Oncology Handbook
Must Read
- DICTATION: When dictating, use site code "5" to ensure the notes are transcribed by the cancer clinic transcription service
Resources:
Teaching material provided by rotation supervisors (Teaching sessions/Objectives Review Slidesets)
Integrated Oncology Modules for medical students are located at LEARN ONCOLOGY and at the NCI.
"Practical Clinical Oncology” Edited by Louise Hanna, Tom Crosby and Fergus Macbeth, Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-61816-8
Clerks doing a 2-week selective in Oncology may request a copy of this textbook for reference purposes (online links listed below)
- Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4: General introduction and treatment side effects
- Chapter 6: Oncology Emergencies
- Chapter 7: Palliative care / Symptom Management
- Chapter 13: Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 16: Breast Cancer
- Chapter 19: Prostate Cancer
- Chapter 28: Lung Cancer
Disease-Site Specific Resources:
- European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) minimal clinical recommendations (updated regularly)
- BC Cancer Agency Cancer Management guidelines/drug manual
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network - NCCN (U.S.A.) - Guidelines & Clinical Resources
- Cancer Care Ontario
- Canadian Cancer Statistics
- Quality of Life Assessment
- CNS Brochure
- Radiation Oncology Overview
OPTIONAL FURTHER RESOURCES
- Online Chapters: (Revised July 2012)
- BC Cancer Agency Management Guidelines/ Drug Manual
- Clinical Trials
- Radiation Oncology Overview
- Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines
- Western University - Western Libraries
- LHSC Health Sciences Library Services (available on the LHSC Intranet only)
- Clinician-Patient Communication: Evidence-based recommendations to guide practice in cancer [ [G Rodin, C. Zimmerman, C Mayer, D Howell, M Katz, J Sussman, JA Mackay, M Brouwers] - Current Oncology, Vol. 16, Number 6, December 2009
- “Certain Death in Uncertain Time: Informing Hope by Quantifying a Best Case Scenario” Belinda E. Kiely, Martin H.N. Tattersall, and Martin R. Stockler
Certain Death Article (Journal of Clinical Oncology - Volume 28, Number 16, June 1, 2010 - US National Cancer Institute "Understanding Cancer"
