The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship

Description:

This book is intended for medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, general practitioners, nurses and allied health workers. Complete with case vignettes, key points, and sidebar summaries to further assist readers using practical tips and tricks, this textbook provides current information on the management and prevention of cancer-related side effects, referring to up-to-date sources that are useful for conducting further research. It also introduces new topics, such as financial toxicity and complementary medicine, as well as covering the new side effects of targeted therapies not covered in the last edition. Additionally, MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship, 2nd edition assembles international, multidisciplinary experts who focus on a comprehensive range of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and its treatment.  Over the last five years, much progress has been made in supportive care, helping people cope with the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment and addressing the physical and psychosocial matters of survivorship prior to, during, and after anticancer treatment. This is central to a patient’s wellbeing and the MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship, 2nd edition, explores not only the diagnosis and treatment, but also the increasingly recognized complex and ongoing symptoms experienced by long term cancer survivors. Significant advances have been made, designing strategies to manage the side effects and symptoms of treatment and to prevent them from occurring, maximizing the person’s ability to pursue daily activities. Reviews of the 1st edition: “This book reviews the management of cancer symptoms in patients and the side effects and late effects of treatment. The focus of the book is on supportive care and survivorship of cancer patients...The book covers symptomatology, medication and treatment, and system function of patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy...Photographs and algorithm charts further illustrate key points. This outstanding book is thorough in its explanations and easy to follow.” (Arlenda C. Thompson, Doody’s Review Service, January, 2011)

Table of contents:

Part I. Introduction

1. Cancer Symptoms, Treatment Side Effects and Disparities in Supportive Care

Part II. General

2. Cancer Pain

3. Cancer-Related Fatigue

4. Sleep and Cancer

5. Palliative Care: End-of-Life Symptoms

6. Supportive Care in Elderly Cancer Patients

7. Supportive Care in Paediatric Oncology

8. Health-Related Quality of Life in Cancer

9. Financial Toxicity

10. Integrative Oncology: The Role of Complementary Medicine in Supportive Cancer Care

Part III. Cardiovascular

11. Victims of Our Own Success: Cardiac Toxicities from Conventional and Emerging Cancer Therapies

12. Cardiac Manifestations of Cancer and Their Management

Part IV. Respiratory

13. Pulmonary Toxicities of Anticancer Treatment

14. Management of Respiratory Symptoms in People with Cancer

Part V. Endocrine and Metabolic

15. Endocrine and Metabolic Symptoms of Cancer and Its Treatment

Part VI. Reproductive

16. Sexual Problems in Patients with Cancer

17. Sterility, Infertility, and Teratogenicity

18. Menopause Symptoms

Part VII. Hematological

19. Thrombosis and Bleeding in Cancer Patients

20. Anaemia in Cancer Patients

21. Lymphedema in Cancer Patients

22. Infections and Cancer

Part VIII. Gastrointestinal

23. Cancer Cachexia and Anorexia

24. Xerostomia and Dental Problems in the Head and Neck Radiation Patient

25. Dysphagia, Reflux, and Hiccups

26. Nausea and Vomiting

27. Mucositis (Oral and Gastrointestinal)

28. Diarrhea, Constipation, and Obstruction in Cancer Management

29. Ascites

30. Hepatotoxicity and Hepatic Dysfunction

Part IX. Urogenital

31. Urological Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment

32. Gynecological Symptoms

Part X. Neurologic and Muscular

33. Central Nervous System Symptoms: Headache, Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Memory Impairment

34. Neuromuscular Disease and Spinal Cord Compression

35. Eye Symptoms and Toxicities of Systemic Chemotherapy

Part XI. Skin

36. Extravasation

37. Dermatologic Adverse Events

38. Management of Alopecia Due to Cancer Therapies

Part XII. Survivorship

39. Rehabilitation and Survivorship

40. Oral Health and Survivorship: Late Effects of Cancer and Cancer Therapy

41. Psychosocial and Spiritual Issues in Supportive Cancer Care

42. Survivorship: Physical Issues

Back Matter