Chapter 1: The Scope of Palliative Oncology Chapter 2 : Cancer Trials and Epidemiology Chapter 3 : Principles of Surgical Oncology Chapter 4 : Principles of Radiotherapy Chapter 5 : Systemic Therapy Chapter 6 : Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Chapter 7 : Colo-rectal Cancer Chapter 8 : Breast Cancer Chapter 9 : Urological Cancer: bladder, prostate, kidney & testis Chapter 10 : Upper Gastro-intestinal tumours: oesophagus, stomach & pancreas Chapter 11 : Head and Neck Cancer Chapter 12 : Gynaecological Cancer : cervix, endometrium, ovary, vulva & vagina Chapter 13 : Central Nervous System Tumours Chapter 14 : Lymphomas Hodgkins disease, Low grade NHL& High Grade NHL Chapter 15 : Leukaemia and Myeloma Chapter 16 : Malignancy associated with HIV infection Chapter 17 : Tumours of skin and soft tissue Chapter 18: Carcinoma of unknown primary site Chapter 19 : Bone Metastases Chapter 20 : Liver Metastases Chapter 21 : Metastases involving lung, mediastinum and pleura Chapter 22 : Metastases involving brain and meninges Chapter 23 : Specific Tumour-associated Problems I : pain Chapter 24 : Specific Tumour-associated problems II :renal failure, adrenal failure , hypercalcaemia, paraneoplastic syndromes, cahexia, thrombosis Chapter 25 : Death.