Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology

Content: 
Front-matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textPart I: Issues in Supportive and Palliative Radiation OncologyChapter 1 - General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology, Pages 3-21
Chapter 2 - Communication, Pages 23-28
Chapter 3 - Prognostication in Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy, Pages 29-38
Chapter 4 - Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Advance Care Planning, and Advance Directives, Pages 39-56
Chapter 5 - Palliative Care Assessment, Pages 57-64
Chapter 6 - Pain Management, Pages 67-83
Chapter 7 - GI Symptoms: Radiation-Induced Adverse Effects, Pages 85-100
Chapter 8 - Management of Dyspnea and Central Airway Obstruction in Patients With Malignancy, Pages 101-118
Chapter 9 - Malignant Bleeding, Pages 119-132
Chapter 10 - Skin Toxicity in Palliative Radiation Therapy, Pages 133-149
Chapter 11 - Palliative Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis, Pages 153-167
Chapter 12 - Palliative Radiotherapy for Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression, Pages 169-188
Chapter 13 - Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis, Pages 189-210
Chapter 14 - Site-Specific Symptom Management: Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Lung Cancer, Pages 211-230
Chapter 15 - Palliative Radiation Oncology for Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies, Pages 231-256
Chapter 16 - Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Gynecologic and Genitourinary Malignancies, Pages 257-274
Chapter 17 - Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers and Skin Metastases, Pages 275-296
Index, Pages 297-306