The MASCC textbook of cancer supportive care and survivorship /
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| Imprint: | New York ; London : Springer, 2011. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 436 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896183 |
Table of Contents:
- Cancer symptoms and side effects of treatment
- Cancer pain
- Cancer-related fatigue
- Palliative care: end-of-life symptoms
- Supportive care in elderly cancer patients
- Supportive care in pediatric oncology
- Quality-of-life assessment: the challenge of incorporating quality-of-life and patient-reported outcomes into investigative trials and clinical practice
- Cardiac toxicities of cancer therapies: challenges for patients and survivors of cancer
- Malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade (cardiac and pericardial symptoms)
- The vena cava syndrome
- Pulmonary toxicity of therapy
- Management of respiratory symptoms in people with cancer
- Endocrine and metabolic symptoms of cancer and its treatment
- Sexual problems in patients with cancer
- Sterility, infertility, and teratogenicity
- Menopause symptoms
- Preserving cardiac health in the breast cancer patient treated with anthracyclines
- Thrombosis and bleeding in cancer patients
- Lymphedema care
- Infections and cancer.
- 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
- Urological symptoms and side effects of treatment
- Gynecological symptoms
- Central nervous system symptoms: headache, seizures, encephalopathy, and memory impairment
- Neuromuscular disease and spinal cord compression
- Eye symptoms and toxicities of systemic chemotherapy
- Extravasation
- Dermatologic toxicities
- Chemotherapy-induced alopecia: overview and methodology for characterizing hair changes and regrowth
- Rehabilitation in cancer
- Oral health and survivorship: late effects of cancer and cancer therapy
- Survivorship: psychosocial, physical issues, and insomnia
- Spiritual issues in supportive cancer care.