Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 20
Part I General concepts in oncology......Page 24
Principles of diagnosis and staging......Page 26
Principles of palliative chemotherapy......Page 35
Principles of palliative surgery......Page 45
Radiotherapy for palliation of symptoms......Page 50
ABCs of clinical trials......Page 63
Principles of cancer rehabilitation......Page 68
Principles of palliative nursing......Page 74
Ethics of decision making towards the endoflife......Page 81
Breaking bad news......Page 93
The use of complementary/alternative medicine......Page 111
Understanding “hospice”......Page 119
Practical aspects of home care......Page 131
Cultural differences in advanced cancer care......Page 136
Implementing social services......Page 140
Pastoral care......Page 146
Bereavement......Page 149
Part II Primary tumors......Page 158
Lung cancer......Page 160
Breast cancer......Page 173
Colorectal cancer......Page 185
Prostate cancer......Page 194
Pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancer......Page 201
Anal cancer......Page 213
Head and neck cancer......Page 230
Esophageal and gastric cancer......Page 220
Kidney cancer......Page 240
Bladder cancer......Page 246
Ovarian cancer......Page 252
Gynecologic malignancies: endometrial and cervical carcinoma......Page 258
Testicular cancer......Page 270
Unknown primary site cancer......Page 277
Mesothelioma......Page 285
Adult soft tissue sarcoma......Page 290
Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma......Page 294
Melanoma......Page 300
Primary brain tumors......Page 312
Thyroid and adrenal cancer......Page 317
HIV-related cancer......Page 323
Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma......Page 331
Leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative disorder......Page 340
Multiple myeloma......Page 354
Part III Management of specific symptoms and syndromes......Page 362
Assessment of pain......Page 364
Drugs for managing cancer pain......Page 370
Difficult pain management problems......Page 378
Dyspnea......Page 385
Loss of appetite and weight......Page 392
Fatigue......Page 397
Depression and anxiety......Page 405
Delirium......Page 413
Constipation......Page 420
Palliation of fever and sweats: the heat is on!......Page 431
Bleeding in advanced cancer patients......Page 439
Thrombosis......Page 443
Hypercalcemia of malignancy......Page 449
Lymphedema......Page 456
Wound care of the advanced cancer patient......Page 462
Infections in patients with advanced cancer......Page 467
Urogenital complications......Page 473
Brain metastases......Page 477
Bowel obstruction......Page 483
Bone metastases......Page 492
Meningeal cancer......Page 500
Pleural and pericardial effusions......Page 504
Superior vena cava syndrome......Page 511
Chronic nausea......Page 514
Index......Page 523