Description
Book SynopsisABC of Cancer Care is a practical primary care guide to help health professionals better inform their patients, manage and recognize the common complications of cancers and their treatment, and understand the rationale and implications of decisions made in secondary and tertiary care.
Trade Review“I have recently been given a donation of £150 to be used to benefit cancer services. I now know what to do with it. I am going to buy a copy of this book for each of our site-specific cancer teams in the hospital.” (Cancer Nursing Practice, 1 December 2013)
Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Multidisciplinary Care 1
Richard Simcock
2 Cancer Imaging 5
Guy Burkill and Adrian K.P. Lim
3 Surgery 10
Daniel Richard Leff and Richard Simcock
4 Surgery for Metastatic Disease 15
Timothy W.R. Briggs Elizabeth J. Gillott Lewis W. Thorne and Long R. Jiao
5 Chemotherapy 20
Catherine Harper-Wynne and Catherine M. Kelly
6 Toxicities of Chemotherapy 26
Sacha Jon Howell Alison Jones and Colin R. James
7 Radiotherapy 30
Alastair Thomson and Mark Beresford
8 Toxicities of Radiotherapy 34
Russell Burcombe Jonathan Hicks and Richard Simcock
9 Endocrine Therapy 39
Carlo Palmieri Matthew Flook and Duncan C. Gilbert
10 Biological and Targeted Therapies 44
Ruth E. Board Jennifer W. Pang Carlo Palmieri and Suzy Cleator
11 Trials in Cancer Care 50
Evandro de Azambuja David Cameron and Janet E. Brown
12 Oncological Emergencies 55
Thomas E. Newsom-Davis and Mohammed Rizwanullah
13 Cancer in the Elderly 61
Alistair Ring and Juliet E. Wright
14 Nutrition 64
Mhairi Donald
15 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Patients 69
Richard Simcock and Sarah Cavilla
16 Specialist Nursing Care 74
Clare Sullivan Beverley Longhurst Amelia Cook Elizabeth Bowman and Jean Rodell
17 Cancer Survivorship 78
Esther Bird Amy Guppy and Carlo Palmieri
Index 83
