A visually rich, ABIM-aligned board review with over 350 practice questions and 3 full mock exams – total access to more than 1000 multiple choice questions! This engaging new hematology-oncology review delivers a high-yield approach to preparing for the ABIM Medical Oncology Certification Exam. Organized by exam blueprint categories, this comprehensive resource combines more than 250 full-color illustrations and images, evidence-based standards of care, and more than 1000 board-style questions with detailed rationales. Designed to support oncology fellows from the start of their training through exam day, the text reinforces key concepts visually while providing robust opportunities for self-assessment and exam simulation through ExamPrepConnect.

Through purchase of this product, you'll get a license to continuous access to this ExamPrepConnect course for as long as you need it, subject to our Term of Use.

Key Features:

· Blueprint-driven review: Chapters aligned to ABIM exam categories and proportional weighting

· Reinforced with visuals and concise takeaways: Over 250 color illustrations and images, more than 100 tables, and clinical key points throughout· Practice for success: More than 1000 board-style multiple choice questions with answers and detailed rationales

· Evidence-based standards: Reflects current medical oncology practice and treatment recommendations

· Led by World-Renowned Expert and Educator: Dr. Ashkan Emadi has been an exceptional teacher and mentor to hematology-oncology fellows and other physicians for decades

· Integrated digital prep: Includes two online practice exams with continuous access to ExamPrepConnect

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Pass Guarantee

Chapter 1. Basic and Translational Oncology

Subchapter 1.1. Signal Transduction and Genomics

Dominique Bollino, Samantha Hall, and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 1.2. Tumor Immunology

Dominique Bollino and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 1.3. Hereditary Cancers

Dominique Bollino, Samantha Hall, and Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 2. Cancer Pharmacology

Subchapter 2.1. Conventional Cytotoxic Chemotherapy

Ciera Bernhardi and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 2.2. Hormonal Therapies and PARP Inhibitors, Epigenetic Modulators, Proteosome Inhibitors, IMiDs, and Differentiating Agents

Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 2.3. Targeted Therapies

Yuchen Liu and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 2.4. Immunotherapeutics for Cancer Treatment

Yuchen Liu, Samantha J. Hall, and Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 3. Research Methodology and Supportive Care

Subchapter 3.1. Research Ethics, Clinical Research Methodology, and Biostatistics

Farin Kamangar, Laurie Lyckholm, and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 3.2. Oncologic Emergencies

Stephen Yu and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 3.3. Clinical Manifestations of Advanced Cancer and Treatment

Bhavana Bhatnagar and Laurel Lyckholm

Subchapter 3.4. Cancer Pain and Procedure-Related Issues

Laurel Lyckholm and Bhavana Bhatnagar

Subchapter 3.5. Communication, Survivorship, and End-of-Life Issues

Laurel Lyckholm and Bhavana Bhatnagar

Chapter 4. Thoracic and Head and Neck Cancers

Subchapter 4.1. Head and Neck Cancers

Sidra Najeeb

Subchapter 4.2. Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Mohammed Almubarak and Adrienne Duckworth

Subchapter 4.3. Small Cell Lung Cancer

Mohammed Almubarak and Adrienne Duckworth

Subchapter 4.4. Pleural Mesothelioma

Pooja Gogia and Mohammed Almubarak

Subchapter 4.5. Thymoma and Thymus Cancers

Pooja Gogia and Mohammed Almubarak

Chapter 5. Breast Cancer

Subchapter 5.1. Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Paula Y. Rosenblatt, Danish Safi, Bei Jiang, Christen L. Jordan, and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 5.2. Metastatic Breast Cancer

Paula Y. Rosenblatt, Danish Safi, Bei Jiang, Christen L. Jordan, Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 6. Gastrointestinal Cancers

Subchapter 6.1. Esophageal Cancer

Prashanti Atluri

Subchapter 6.2. Gastric Cancer

Prashanti Atluri

Subchapter 6.3. Pancreatic Cancer

Brian Boone

Subchapter 6.4. Hepatocellular Cancer

Prashanti Atluri

Subchapter 6.5. Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Nour Daboul

Subchapter 6.6. Small Bowel, Appendiceal, and Anal Cancers

Prashanti Atluri

Chapter 7. Genitourinary Cancers

Subchapter 7.1. Kidney Cancers

Andrew Li and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 7.2. Bladder and Upper Urothelial Tract Cancers

Andrew Li, Raheel Siddiqui, and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 7.3. Prostate Cancer

Raheel Siddiqui and Thomas F. Hogan

Subchapter 7.4. Testicular Cancers

Sidra Najeeb

Chapter 8. Gynecologic Cancers

Subchapter 8.1. Ovarian Cancer

Ashkan Emadi and Mohammed Almubarak

Subchapter 8.2. Cervical Cancer

Ashkan Emadi and Mohammed Almubarak

Subchapter 8.3. Vulvar, Vaginal, and Endometrial Cancers; Uterine Sarcoma; and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Ashkan Emadi and Mohammed Almubarak

Chapter 9. Endocrine Tumors

Subchapter 9.1. Neuroendocrine Tumors

Prashanti Atluri

Subchapter 9.2. Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Pheochromocytoma, and Paraganglioma

Samantha Hall and Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 10. Central Nervous System Malignancies

Grace Tobin and Matthias Holdhoff

Chapter 11. Skin Cancers

Subchapter 11.1. Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas and Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Christine Barrett and Joanna Kolodney

Subchapter 11.2. Melanoma

Christine Barrett and Joanna Kolodney

Chapter 12. Rare Cancers

Subchapter 12.1. Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

Miklos Auber

Subchapter 12.2. Cancers of Unknown Primary Site

Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 13. Hematologic Malignancies

Subchapter 13.1. Acute Leukemias

Yamini Kathari and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 13.2. Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Yamini Kathari and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 13.3. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Yamini Kathari and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 13.4. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Leukemia

Yamini Kathari and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 13.5. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Salah Ud Din Safi

Subchapter 13.6. Hodgkin Lymphoma

Yamini Kathari, Samantha J. Hall, and Ashkan Emadi

Subchapter 13.7. Plasma Cell Dyscrasias

Lauren Veltri

Chapter 14. Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy

Subchapter 14.1. Allogeneic and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Kelly G. Ross

Subchapter 14.2. Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Kelly G. Ross

Subchapter 14.3. Cellular Therapy

Kelly G. Ross and Ashkan Emadi

Chapter 15. Practice Exam Questions

Chapter 16. Practice Exam Answers with Rationales

Authors

Ashkan Emadi, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Associate Director of Clinical Research at the Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer, and Director of the Translational Genomics Laboratory at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Product Details

Release Date: June 28, 2026
Paperback / softback
500 Pages
Trim Size: 8.5in x 11in

Number of Illustrations: 200
ISBN: 9780826146632
eBook ISBN: 9780826146649

Medical Oncology Illustrated Board Review

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