Handbook of Community Cancer Care

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ISBN: 9781841100012 | 1841100013
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/2003

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An authoritative handbook covering the management of all types of cancer, with an emphasis on those aspects of care of the cancer patient which are of particular interest in the community, for example the presentation of cancer and palliative care. The specialist management of different types of cancer is also covered, with particular regard being paid to the requirements of shared care in the community and the supportive care needed for the treatment of side effects and complications.

Part I. General Introduction: 1. What causes cancer - aetiology
2. Healthy lifestyle and the avoidance of cancer
3. Patterns of cancer occurrence - epidemiology
4. Cancer in families - genetics
Part II. Diagnosis and Assessment of Cancer: 5. Presentation of symptomatic cancer
6. Screening for cancer
7. The tissue diagnosis
8. Staging of cancer
Part III. Treatment of Cancer: 9. The cancer team and shared care
10. The treatment of cancer, radical or palliative?
11. Surgery in the treatment of cancer
12. Radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer
13. Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer
14. Other medical treatments of cancer
15. Paramedical disciplines in cancer care
16. Complementary and alternative therapies for cancer
17. Supportive care
18. Assessment of new treatments - clinical trials
19. Late effects of cancer treatment - the cost of cure
Part IV. Management of Individual Cancers: 20. Breast cancer
21. Bowel cancer
22. Lung cancer
23. Stomach cancer
24. Oesophageal cancer
25. Pancreatic cancer
26. Cancer of the larynx and pharynx
27. Cancer of the lip and mouth
28. Sailvary gland cancer
29. Thyroid cancer
30. Other head and neck cancers
31. Cervical carcinoma
32. Ovarian carcinoma
33. Other gynaecological malignancy
34. Skin cancer and melanoma
35. Prostate cancer
36. Bladder cancer
37. Kidney cancer
38. Testicular tumours
39. Brain tumours
40. Leukaemia
41. The lymphomas
42. Aids related cancer
43. Bone sarcomas
44. Soft tissue sarcomas
45. A miscellany of rare tumours
Part V. Cancer at Different Ages: 46. Cancer in children
47. Cancer in adolescents
48. Cancer in the elderly: Part VI. Palliative Care, Death and Bereavement: 49. Looking after patients with metastatic disease
50. Management of specific symptoms
51. Managing intercurrent illness in the patient with cancer
52. Domicillary terminal care
53. Hospice care
54. The dying child
55. Death at home
56. Managing bereavement
Part VII. Further Information: 57. Patient support organisations and cancer relief charities
58. Guide to tumour specific groups and organisations
59. The cancer research charities
60. Guide to further reading.

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