Overview
- Provides the reader with a clearly stated and understandable, practical review of issues relating to supportive care of the cancer patient
- This book will assist those individuals whose challenge and privilege it is to care for the cancer patient to better understand all of the consequences of cancer and its treatment as well as how to apply this information to the treatment of their patients
Part of the book series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development (CDD&D)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 informationon the care of the older patient as well as the dying patient.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Common side effects of cancer and cancer treatment are discussed in this book. … this book is targeted at individuals providing care for cancer patients, and it may be beneficial to professional healthcare providers as well as families of cancer patients. The book is easy to read and suggests practical interventions. … The book is well organized with easy to understand text … . This is an extremely useful book for novice to expert care providers." (Theresa M. Bacon, Doody’s Review service, January, 2009)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Supportive Care in Cancer Therapy
Editors: David S. Ettinger
Series Title: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-291-5
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-941-3Published: 11 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-291-5Published: 07 January 2009
Series ISSN: 2196-9906
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9914
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 298
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Oncology