The Mascc Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship
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The Mascc Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship

The Mascc Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship


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Introduction.- Cancer Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment.- General Symptoms.- Cancer Pain.- Cancer-Related Fatigue.- Palliative Care - End of Life Symptoms.- Supportive Care in Elderly Cancer Patients.- Supportive Care in Paediatric Oncology.- Quality of Life Assessment: The Challenge of Incorporating Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) into Investigative Trials and Clinical Practice.- Cardiovascular.- Cardiotoxicities of Cancer Therapies: Challenges for Patients and Survivors of Cancer.- Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade (Cardiac and Pericardial Symptoms) .- The Vena Cava Syndrome.- Respiratory.- Pulmonary Toxicity of Therapy.- Management of Respiratory Symptoms in People with Cancer.- Endocrine and Metabolic.- Endocrine and Metabolic Symptoms of Cancer and Its Treatment.- Reproductive.- Sexual Problems in Patients with Cancer.- Sterility, Infertility and Teratognicity.- Menopausal Symptoms.- Hemtaological.- Preserving Cardiac Health in the Breast Cancer Patient Treated with Anthracyclines.- Thrombosis and Bleeding in Cancer Patients.- Lymphedema Care.- Infections in Cancer.- Infections and Cancer.- Gastrointestinal.- Cancer Cachexia and Anorexia.- Xerostomia and Dental Problems in the Head and Neck Radiation Patient.- Dysphagia, Reflux and Hiccups.- Nausea and Vomiting.- Mucositis (Oral and Gastrointestinal).- Diarrhea, Constipation, and Obstruction in Cancer Management.- Ascites.- Hepatotoxicity and Hepatic Dysfunction.- Urogenital.- Urological Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment.- Gynecological Symptoms.- Neurologic and Muscular.- Central Nervous System Symptoms: Headache, Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Memory Impairment.- Neuromuscular Disease and Spinal Cord Compression.- Eye Symptoms and Toxicity of Systemic Chemotherapy.- SKIN.- Extravasation.- Dermatologic Toxicities.- Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia: Overview and Methodology for Characterizing Hair Changes and Regrowth.- Rehabilitation.- Rehabilitation in Cancer.- Survivorship.- Oral Health and Survivorship: Late Effects of Cancer and Cancer Therapy.- Survivorship: Psychosocial, Physical Issues and Insomnia.- Spiritual Issues in Supportive Cancer Care
About the Author: Ian Olver graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1976 being subsequently awarded an MD in 1991 for a project on clinical trial methodology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), its Chapter of Palliative Medicine (FAChPM) and is a member of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators (MRACMA). He completed a PhD from Monash University in bioethics in 1997 (supervised by Peter Singer), exploring life and death issues and a Certificate of Ministry (Lay Preaching) at the Adelaide College of Divinity. He initially trained in medical oncology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and the University of Maryland Cancer Centre in Baltimore. He worked for 6 years at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute where he jointly developed the oncology clinic at Bendigo Base Hospital and then moved to Adelaide becoming the Clinical Director, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre and the first Cancer Council SA Professor of Cancer Care at the University of Adelaide and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine. There he established the first oncology clinic in Alice Springs and developed a telemedicine link for multidisciplinary cancer care between Adelaide and Darwin. He also trained the first oncologist for the Christian Medical College Hospital Vellore, India. In May 2006 he was appointed CEO, Cancer Council Australia, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney and is an Honorary Associate, Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has published over 180 articles in journals, 16 book chapters and 2 books: Conquering Cancer. Your Guide to Treatment and Research, and Is Death Ever Preferable to Life? and co-edited When Cancer Crosses Disciplines: A Physicians Handbook. After serving on several ethics committees in Victoria and South Australia and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Ethics Committee, and chairing the Cancer Institute NSW Research Ethics Committee for multi-centre cancer trials, he now sits on the Australian Health Ethics Committee of the NHMRC and chairs the Medical Oncology Group of Australia Ethics Committee. He previously served on The Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC) and the Cancer Strategies Group of the Australian Government and chaired the Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA). He now serves on the Board of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, the executive of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and the Advisory Board of Cancer Australia and the Community and Preventative Health Committee of NH+MRC. In 2008 he was awarded the Cancer Achievement Award by MOGA.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781489981950
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 436
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 1069 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1489981950
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2014
  • Edition: 2011 ed.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 210 mm


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