Blue Book: General Principles of Systemic Cancer Management

Question 1

Which cancers are curable with cytotoxic chemotherapy?

Answer 1

Breast cancer
Small Cell lung Cancer
Ovarian Cancer

Question 2

Which cancers have prolonged survival but few cures in advance disease with chemo?

Answer 2

Non-small cell lung cancer
Colorectal cancer
Gastric cancer
Breast cancer 
Bladder Cancer 
Prostate Cancer

Question 3

For which cancers can chemotherapy be used for palliation of symptoms but have limited responses

Answer 3

Renal Cancer
Melanoma
Head and neck cancer
Pancreatic cancer 
Biliary-tract cancers

Question 4

For which cancers can be cured by chemotherapy in advanced disease >50% of cases.

Answer 4

Hodgkin's Disease
Testicular Cancer
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 
Choriocarcinoma 
Paediatric cancers: leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas

Question 5

Same Q, but cure of advance disease is <50%

Answer 5

Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
Ovarian Cancer
Paediatric neuroblastoma
Adult ostesosarcome, Ewing’s sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 6

For which cancers can chemotherapy increase the cure rate in high risk local regional disease.

Answer 6

Breast cancer
Colorectal Cancer 
Non-small cell lung cancer 
Oesophageal and gastric cancer
Bladder cancer