Cancer Rehabilitation. A Concise and Portable Pocket Guide

Description:

Finally, a concise pocket guide designed as a quick reference for busy clinicians who seek to improve the care they provide to cancer patients and cancer survivors.  It is a comprehensive text formatted for fast access to a wide range of clinical information. This compact compendium is conveniently organized by cancer type for rapid review. It describes the many issues that cancer patients may face throughout the chronologic spectrum of care, starting from cancer diagnosis, to treatment, and survivorship.  Each chapter helpfully highlights common impairments and treatment options using succinct tables, helpful illustrations and clinical peals from experts in the field. In addition, each chapter contains a clinical case and questions on the material to enhance understanding. Evidence for exercise treatment, including pertinent exercise precautions, is included, as are innovative research topics and emerging treatments. This includes dedicated chapters covering cancers of the breast; digestive organs; brain, eye, and central nervous system; urinary tract and genital organs; lip, oral cavity, and pharynx; lymphoid, hematopoietic, and related tissues; bone, articular cartilage, and soft tissues; respiratory and intrathoracic organs; skin.  Thankfully, advances in cancer care such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery mean that more people than ever before are surviving long after their cancer diagnosis. Unfortunately, a large fraction of them live with at least one serious impairment as a consequence of their treatments that seriously impacts their ability to function and quality of life. This concise and essential guide to cancer rehabilitation will help the clinician navigate the care of this often complex population.

Table of contents:

1. Integrating Impairment-Driven Cancer Rehabilitation into the Care Continuum

2. Breast Cancer Rehabilitation

3. Cancer of the Digestive Organs: Importance of Mobility for Motility

4. Cancer of the Brain, Eye, and Other Parts of the Central Nervous System

5. Cancer of the Urinary Tract and Genital Organs: Female and Male

6. Rehabilitation of Individuals with Head and Neck Cancers

7. Cancer of the Lymphoid, Hematopoietic, and Related Tissue

8. Cancer of the Bone and Connective Tissue

9. Cancer of the Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs

10. Cancer of the Skin

11. Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome

12. Conclusion: Innovative Research