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Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Section 1: General Principles of Care of Uncommon Cancers; Chapter 1 A Structured Approach to UncommonCancers ; Introduction; Initial steps; Co-management ; Recommendations; References; Chapter 2 What Patients Need to Know:Information Needs and Information Sourcesof Patients Diagnosed with Rare Cancers ; Introduction; Information needs; Information sources; Importance of accessible and credible health information; Website reliability; Conclusion; References

Chapter 3 Involving the Public in Rare Cancer Care and Research: Shaping the Future for Rare and Uncommon CancersIntroduction; Choosing our words; Why involve the public?; Emerging issues in public involvement; Conclusion; References; Section 2: Genitourinary Cancers; Chapter 4 Uncommon Tumors of the Kidney ; Introduction; Classification of renal neoplasms; Molecular diagnostic techniques in renal neoplasms; Renal cell tumors; Metanephric tumors; Nephroblastic tumors; Mesenchymal tumors; Neuroendocrine tumors; Hematopoietic and lymphoid tumors; Provisional entities; Conclusion; References

Chapter 5 Uncommon Cancers of the Bladder Introduction; Diagnosis; Sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma of the bladder; Small cell urothelial carcinoma; Micropapillary bladder cancer; Plasmacytoid variant of urothelial cancer; Lymphoepithelioma-like urothelial cancer ; Squamous carcinoma; Adenocarcinoma (nonurachal); Urachal cancer; Sarcoma; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Urethral Cancer ; Introduction; Anatomy; Epidemiology; Pathology; Investigations; Prognosis and natural history; Treatment; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 7 Uncommon Cancers of the Prostate ; Introduction

Neuroendocrine prostate carcinomaSarcomas of the prostate; Urothelial carcinoma of the prostate; Primary lymphoma of the prostate; References; Chapter 8 Rare Tumors of the Testis and Paratesticular Tissues; Introduction; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the testis ; Gonadal (sex cord) stromal tumors; Leydig cell tumors; Sertoli cell tumors; Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis; Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis; Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9 Penile Carcinoma; Introduction and epidemiology; Pathology; Risk factors; Presentation

Treatment of the primary tumorTreatment of the lymph node basins; Radiotherapy; Chemotherapy; Conclusion; References; Section 3: Head and Neck Cancer; Chapter 10 Uncommon Tumors of the Oral Cavityand Adjacent Structures; Introduction; Malignant tumors involving the oral cavity mucosa; Malignant tumors of the minor salivary glands; Soft tissue sarcomas; Tumors of the bone; Malignant odontogenic tumors; Other neoplasms; References; Chapter 11 Rare Tumors of the Larynx ; Introduction; Anatomy, presentation, and staging; Imaging of the larynx; Pathological subtypes; Treatment considerations