根据教育部相关文件规定，为满足医学院校临床医学专业双语教学和来华留学生教学的需要，在调研、论证的基础上组织编写本套教材。
奥尔拉·麦卡德尔著的《肿瘤学（供临床医学专业及来华留学生MBBS双语教学用改编教学版全国高等学校教材）》为英文版规划教材之一，在引进外版教材的基础上，根据我国教学实际情况进行改编，以使知识体系和主要内容基本符合教学大纲的要求。
According to the surveys conducted by the People's Medical Publishing House in tens of Chinese medical colleges, a series of English textbooks for students specializing in clinical medicine or international students in China was generally lacking. To meet the bilingual educational requirement and improve the educational quality of international students, we adapted the original English textbook with permission of the primary editor-in-chief and the Elsevier company, to whom we are really grateful . We do appreciate the hard work of all the editorial board members and the assistance of the People's Medical Publishing House.

The oncology patient
History and clinical examination
Investigations
Staging and survival statistics
Therapeutic options
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Targeted therapy
Surgical oncology
Breast cancer
Breast cancer
Carcinoma in situ and early breast cancer
Locally advanced breast cancer(LABC)and inflammatory breast cancer(IBC)
Lung cancer
Lung cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer
Mesothelioma
Gastrointestinal cancers
Colorectal cancer
Gastric cancer
Oesophageal cancer
Anal canal cancer
Hepatobiliary malignancies
Gynaecological cancers
Cervical cancer
Uterine cancer
Ovarian cancer
Lower tract gynaecological cancers
Gestational trophoblastic disease
Genitourinary cancers
Kidney cancer
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Other genitourinary cancers
Head and neck cancer
Head and neck cancer - 1
Head and neck cancer - 2
Head and neck cancer - 3
Haematological cancer
Acute leukaemia
Chronic leukaemia
Plasma cell dyscrasias
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
Hodgkin's lymphoma(HL)
Malignancy in childhood
Paediatric oncology
Primary central nervous system malignancy in children
Neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma
Other sites
Skin cancers
Endocrine cancer
Primary centrad nervous system cancer in adults
Primary bone cancer
Carcinoma of unknown primary(CUP)
Oncological emergencies
Neutropenic sepsis
Spinal cord compression
Superior vena cava obstruction
Metabolic emergencies
Palliative care
Pain management
Specific metastatic conditions
End of life issues
Other topics
Cancer genetics
Late effects of treatment
Pregnancy and cancer
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Immunosuppression and malignancy
Clinical trials
Cancer screening
Additional reading and sources of information
Subject index