Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Issues in Supportive Care of Cancer Patients

  • Book
  • © 1986

Overview

Editors:
  1. Donald J. Higby

    1. Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 30)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Hematologic disorders associated with cancer: I. Red blood cell disorders

    • William M. Davis
    Pages 1-13

  3. Hematologic disorders associated with cancer: II. White blood cell disorders

    • Jo-Anne M. Bessette
    Pages 15-24

  4. Hematologic disorders associated with cancer: III. Coagulation disorders associated with neoplastic disease

    • Richard H. Steingart
    Pages 25-39

  5. Defense mechanisms and infections in cancer patients

    • Gerald J. Elfenbein
    Pages 41-55

  6. Regional chemotherapy

    • Charles F. White, Karen Antman
    Pages 57-73

  7. Use of hyperthermia for treatment of malignant disease; biologic rationale, techniques, clinical results

    • Ronald S. Scott
    Pages 75-93

  8. Neurosurgical options in cancer pain management

    • Robert E. Harbaugh, Richard L. Saunders
    Pages 95-105

  9. Pulmonary disease in the cancer patient

    • John N. Landis
    Pages 107-127

  10. The use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of cancer

    • Daniel J. Friedenson
    Pages 129-147

  11. Psychological sequelae in the cured cancer patient

    • David F. Cella
    Pages 149-171

  12. Hospice care

    • Sandra Jacoby Klein
    Pages 173-188

  13. Cancer Rehabilitation

    • Edmond E. Charrette, David M. O’toole
    Pages 189-198

  14. Early rehabilitation in cancer; a case report

    • Ellen P. Romsaas, H. Ian Robins
    Pages 199-203

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 205-220
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, USA

    Donald J. Higby

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Issues in Supportive Care of Cancer Patients

  • Editors: Donald J. Higby

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2325-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-816-9Published: 30 November 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9429-0Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2325-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 220

  • Topics: Oncology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation