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risk factors of, 231, 238
and smokeless tobacco, 34, 44
tylosis and, 231, 238
Esophagitis, causative agents in, 547
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, 262
Estrogen receptor (ER), 331, 341
Etoposide (EP), 298, 302
in NSCLC treatment, 213
in SCLC treatment, 207, 211
European Group for Blood and
Marrow Transplantation, 473
European Organization for
Research and Treatment of
Cancer (EORTC), 92
Everolimus, 127, 132
side effects of, 127, 132
Ewing’s sarcoma, 365, 370, 395,
404, 405, 412
cytogenetic abnormalities in, 394,
404
prognostic factors in, 400, 410
recurrence rates in, decreased,
401, 410
site of metastasis in, 400, 410
Excisional biopsy, 80, 83, 379
Exercise, for cancer patients, 573,
577
Expanded access protocols, 584,
587
Extragonadal germ cell tumor, 476,
479–480
Extremity soft tissue sarcomas, 374
Ezrin, circulating tumor cells and,
23, 31
Familial adenomatous polyposis
(FAP), 36, 46, 137, 140, 268,
274
causes of, 46
features of, 36, 46
IRA and, 137, 140
Familial malignant melanoma
syndrome, 18, 27
causes of, 27
Fancgenes, 12
Fanconi anemia, 412, 462
causes of, 12
defects in, 12
repair pathway, ATR/CHK1
signaling in, 12
SCCHN and, 195, 199
FAP.SeeFamilial adenomatous
polyposis (FAP)
Fas, for death receptor pathway,
19, 27
FDA.SeeFood and Drug
Administration (FDA)
FDG.SeeFluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG)
FDG-PET.SeeFluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography
(FDG-PET)
Fecal occult blood testing, in
colorectal cancer, 142, 146
Femoral metastases, indication for
operative management of,
510, 513
Fever, IDSA guidelines on, 540, 545
Fibrolamellar HCC, 255, 259
Fibrous tumors of the pleura (FTP),
484, 485
benign, 485
solitary, 485
Field edge, 86.See alsoLinear
accelerator (LINAC)
FIGO.SeeInternational Federation
of Obstetrician &
Gynecologist (FIGO)
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA), 80,
83, 196
FISH.SeeFluorescence in situ
hybridization (FISH)
Flavopiridol, 99, 103
Flaxseed, 596
FLT3, in leukemias, 438, 443–444
Fludarabine, 124, 130, 455–456
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
(FISH), 437, 443, 450, 454
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), 165,
176, 217, 416
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-CT
imaging, 379
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography
(FDG-PET), 233, 240
extranodal marginal zone
lymphoma and, 416
in lymphoma staging, 416
Fluoropyrimidines, 95, 100
Fluoroquinolones, 544, 549
5-fluorouracil, 32, 87, 92, 161, 170
chemotherapy, 3
microsatellite instability and, 4, 11
FNA.SeeFine-needle aspiration
(FNA)
Focal and segmental
glomerulosclerosis, 519, 523
FOLFIRI chemotherapy, 124, 130
FOLFIRINOX in, pancreatic cancer
treatment, 245, 250–251
Folic acid and lymphoblastic
leukemia, 95, 100
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH),
221
Follicular lymphoma, 416, 430
ibritumomab and, 128, 132
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), 316, 324
Food frequency questionnaire, 61,
67
Foster-Kennedy syndrome, 506
Fractionated radiotherapy, 86
FSH.SeeFollicle stimulating
hormone (FSH)
FTP.SeeFibrous tumors of the
pleura (FTP)
Fumarate hydratase gene
hereditary leiomyomatosis and,
280, 289
renal cancer and, 280, 289
5-FU, role of, 123, 129
Gabapentin, in neuropathic pain,
561, 567
Gail model, 333, 342
Gall bladder cancer
adjuvant therapy for, 255, 259
T2 NX stage of, 254, 258
Gallium nitrate, for reduction in
calcium level, 507
Gallium scan, 416, 430
Gastric cancer, 519, 523
adjuvant radiation therapy of,
236, 241–242
chemotherapy in, 236, 242
EBV and, 52
E-cadherin and, 232, 233,
238–239, 239
microsatellite instability in, 233,
237, 239, 243
mitomycin C in, 242
prophylactic gastrectomy in, 237,
243
p53 tumor suppressor gene and,
233, 239
Gastric outlet obstruction,
palliative surgery for, 77, 81
Gastroesophageal (GE)
cancers treatment, trastuzimab in,
232, 238
reflux
Barrett’s esophagus
development and, 238
esophageal cancer risk and, 142,
145
Gastroesophageal junction (GE
junction), 235
Gastrointestinal (GI), 98, 102
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
(GIST), 261, 265, 367, 371
Carney triad and, 263, 267
familial paraganglioma and, 263,
267
imatinib in, 261, 265–266
neurofibromatosis and, 263,
267
sunitinib therapy, 262, 266