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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815495603321

Titolo

ABC of cancer care / / edited by Carlo Palmieri, BSc PhD FRCP, University of Liverpool, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital & the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, UK, Esther Bird, MA MRCP FRCR DFFP, Silverdale GP Surgery, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK, Richard Simcock, Sussex Cancer Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication : , : BMJ Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-52683-X

1-118-52685-6

1-78539-331-6

1-118-52690-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 86 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

ABC Series

Disciplina

616.99/4

Soggetti

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Cancer - Treatment

Cancer - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Multidisciplinary care / Richard Simcock -- Cancer imaging / Guy Burkill and Adrian Lim -- Surgery / Daniel Richard Leff and Richard Simcock -- Surgery for metastatic disease / Timothy W.R. Briggs, Elizabeth J. Gillott, Long Jiao and Lewis W. Thorne -- Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer / Catherine Harper-Wynne and Cathy Kelly -- Toxicity of chemotherapy / Sacha Howell, Alison Jones, and Colin James -- Radiotherapy / Alastair Thompson and Mark Beresford -- Toxicity of radiotherapy / Russell Burcombe, Jonathan Hicks, and Richard Simcock -- Endocrine therapy / Carlo Palmieri, Matt Flook, and Duncan Gilbert -- Biological and targeted therapies / Ruth E. Board Jennifer W. Pang, Carlo Palmieri and Suzy Cleator -- Trials in cancer care / Evandro de



Azambuja, David Cameron, and Janet Brown -- Oncological emergencies / Mohammed Rizwanullah and Thomas E. Newsom-Davis -- Cancer in the elderly / Alistair Ring and Juliet Wright -- Nutrition and cancer care / Mhairi Donald -- Complementary and alternative therapies / Richard Simcock and Sarah Cavilla / -- Nursing care, advocacy, and support / Clare Sullivan, Beverley Longhurst, Amelia Cook and Elizabeth Bowman -- Cancer survivorship / Esther Bird, Amy Guppy, and Carlo Palmieri.

Sommario/riassunto

ABC 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.   It provides coverage of the diagnosis, management, treatment and on-going surveillance of common cancers within the multidisciplinary context of primary care. Individual chapters assess the different treatment options, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and examine their possible s