Oncology Cases & Quizzes

• Patient Simulation: A 76-Year-Old Man With Severe Fatigue, Weakness, and Lower Back Pain A 76-year-old retired manager presents with a history of severe fatigue, weakness, atraumatic lower back pain, and concerning laboratory and imaging findings. How would you evaluate and manage this patient?
  Medscape, April 07, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Gastric Cancer Management How much do you know about the management of gastric cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 06, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Advanced and Metastatic Gastric Cancer How much do you know about advanced and metastatic gastric cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 06, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Resected Melanoma in the Cervical Spine A 73-year-old woman presents for follow-up of malignant melanoma. The melanoma was resected in the cervical spine; it was ulcerated with a Breslow depth of 3 mm. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, April 06, 2022
• Skill Checkup: An Elderly Man With Leg Pain and Weakness A 79-year-old retired White male schoolteacher with a history of ischemic stroke plus warfarin and statin therapy use presents with bone pain and increasing weakness. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, April 04, 2022
• A 36-Year-Old Has Cramping, Lung Issues and Can’t Lose Weight A 36-year-old man has fatigue, increased thirst, and leg cramps. He was previously informed that he has diabetes and hypertension but is unable to lose weight. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, March 31, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer How much do you know about metastatic non-small cell lung cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 29, 2022
• Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Advanced Unresectable ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer   This case focuses on an 86-year-old woman with ER-positive HER2-negative locally advanced unresectable breast cancer who was referred to the molecular tumor board mainly for advice on potential actionable alterations on sequencing data.
  Medscape, March 25, 2022
• NSCLC e-Tumor Boards: Case 3: ALK-Rearranged NSCLC with Brain Metastasis   The third case focuses on a 65-year-old woman with ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer, who had a history of prior stereotactic radiosurgery to a left parietal periventricular metastasis. The Brain Metastasis team discusses treatment management and surgery options.
  Medscape, March 25, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Management of Metastatic Bladder Cancer How much do you know about metastatic bladder cancer management? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 24, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Waldenström Macroglobulinemia How much do you know about Waldenström macroglobulinemia? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, March 24, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Treatment Recommendations Do you know the latest treatment options for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, March 22, 2022
• A 53-Year-Old Waitress With a Cough and Constant Back Pain A 53-year-old woman has had worsening constant low back pain for the past 2 months. She has also had an occasional dry cough for about 6 months. Can you make a diagnosis?
  Medscape, March 22, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Long COVID Given the increasing number of patients with long COVID and the serious associated concerns, staying current on evidence is essential. Test yourself on key clinical information with this short quiz.
  Medscape, March 22, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Risk Factors How familiar are you with risk factors for chronic lymphocytic leukemia? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 08, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Presentation and Diagnosis Recognizing CLL can be difficult because patients can present with a wide range of symptoms and 25%-50% are asymptomatic. Do you know what signs to look for to diagnose CLL?
  Medscape, March 08, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Metastatic Melanoma Are you familiar with the most recent guidelines for stage II or higher malignant melanoma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 23, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Alcohol and Cancer Refresh and test your knowledge on the link between alcohol and cancer, and gain insights into how to best advise patients about modifying their risk, with this short quiz.
  Medscape, February 23, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Genetic/Biomarker Testing in Melanoma Are you up-to-date on genetic/biomarker testing in melanoma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 22, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 63-Year-Old Woman With Metastatic Breast Cancer A 63-year-old breast cancer survivor is nervous about the results of her mammogram 3 years after breast-conserving surgery. How would you address her concerns and next steps?
  Medscape, February 17, 2022