Specialised care for cancer-related emergencies and acute conditions has evolved into a new discipline - a hybrid of oncology and emergency medicine.

1. Emergency Care at Comprehensive Cancer Centres 2. Triage 3. Ethical Emergency Care 4. Major Presenting Symptoms 5. Pathophysiology of Emergency Illness Due to Cancer 6. Pathophysiology of Emergency Illness Due to Treatment of Cancer 7. Metabolic and Endocrine Emergencies 8. Emergent and Serious Infections in Cancer Patients 9. Gastrointestinal Emergencies 10. Noninfectious Pulmonary Emergencies 11. Emergent Pulmonary Infections 12. Neurologic Emergencies 13. Nephrologic and Urologic Emergencies 14. Emergency Cardiac Problems 15. Vascular Emergencies 16. Hematologic Emergencies 17. Cancer Pain Emergencies 18. Psychiatric Emergencies 19. Orthopedic Emergencies 20. Dermatologic Emergencies 21. Ophthalmologic Emergencies 22. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies 23. Pediatric Cancer Patients in the Emergency Room 24. Oncologic Emergencies in the Elderly Patient 25. Miscellaneous Oncologic Emergencies 26. Diagnostic Imaging in Oncologic Emergencies