Supportive care in cancer therapy

by Ettinger, David S.

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Title Statements

Full title :Supportive care in cancer therapy / edited by David S. Ettinger.

Summary

Supportive care of the cancer patient begins with the diagnosis of cancer and terminates with the end of life. The supportive care is for symptoms related to the cancer and/or its treatment; physical, psychosocial and emotional issues associated with the cancer. Patients with cancer, in general, are living longer. Even those with advanced, metastatic disease have an increase in their survival. This, in part, is due to better therapies, novel treatments and the multimodality approaches to treating many cancers. In "Supportive Care in Cancer Therapy", edited by David Ettinger, the contributors provide an up-to-date, concise review of specific consequences of cancer and its treatment. The chapters will allow the reader to better understand the sequelae associated with all aspects of cancer and how to treat them in order to achieve control of symptoms and provide psychosocial care to improve the quality of life of the cancer patient. In addition, the reader will gain information on the care of the older patient as well as the dying patient

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Humana Press
Place of Publication:Totowa, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781597452915, 1597452912, 1281960187, 9781281960184
DOI:10.1007/978-1-59745-291-5
oclc:ocn426917732
LC Classification:RC270.8
Dewey Decimal:616.99406

Management of dyspnea / Jay R. Thomas -- Skeletal metastases: optimal management today / John Kosteva and Corey Langer -- Cancer pain / Stuart A. Grossman and Suzanne A. Nesbit -- Anorexia and cachexia / Takao Ohnuma and James F. Holland -- Fatigue / Michael J. Fisch -- Pathogenesis and management of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients / Michael B. Streiff -- Depression in cancer patients / Jimmie C. Holland and Yesne Alici-Evcimen -- Anemia / George M. Rodgers -- Neutropenia / Jeffrey Crawford -- Nausea and vomiting / Tara L. Lin and David S. Ettinger -- Oral mucositis / Nathaniel Treister and Stephen Sonis -- Diarrhea and constipation: supportive oncology management / Al B. Benson, III and Regina Stein -- Menopausal symptoms / Debra L. Barton, Aditya Bardia, and Charles Loprinzi -- Supportive care of the older cancer patient / Lodovico Balducci -- Integrative oncology: complementary therapies in cancer care / Barrie Cassileth and Jyothirmai Gubili -- End-of-life decisions / Sydney Morss Dy.

Subjects

Cancer -- Patients Cancer -- Traitement Cancer -- Treatment Cancéreux -- Soins HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases Medical Oncology Neoplasms -- complications Neoplasms -- psychology Neoplasms -- therapy Patient Care -- psychology Quality of Life -- psychology