Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer
Author: Robert G. Twycross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2009
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780955254734

This new edition provides practical and up-to-date information and advice on the symptoms that professionals in cancer care encounter, and details the framework of knowledge enabling the clinician to develop a scientific approach to managing symptoms.

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer
Author: Robert G. Twycross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1995
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

"Doctors and nurses involved in the care of cancer patients need clear, practical and up-to-date information and advice on the symptoms they encounter." "In this book Robert Twycross provides the framework of knowledge enabling the clinician to develop a scientific approach to managing symptoms. The author draws on nearly a quarter of a century of personal clinical expertise in palliative care and his international experience to reflect current best practice." "Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer expands and develops the author's previous work, and includes new material on psychological, neurological and haematological symptoms and on emergencies in palliative care. There is also an extended section on drug profiles."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer

Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer
Author: Robert G. Twycross
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2001
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781857755107

An established text showing doctors and careers how to provide a high level of physical and psychological comfort.

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients
Author: Janet Abrahm
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2005-05-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780801881008

Janet L. Abrahm argues that all causes of suffering experienced by people with cancer, be they physical, psychological, social, or spiritual, should be treated at all stages: at diagnosis, during curative therapy, in the event that cancer recurs, and during the final months. In the second edition of this symptom-oriented guide, she provides primary care physicians, advanced practice nurses, internists and oncologists with detailed information and advice for alleviating the stress and pain of patients and family members alike. The new edition includes the latest information on patient and family communication and counseling, on medical, surgical, and complementary and alternative treatments for symptoms caused by cancer and cancer treatments, and on caring for patients in the last days and their bereaved families. Updated case histories, medication tables, Practice Points, and bibliographies provide clinicians with the information they need to treat their cancer patients effectively and compassionately.

Palliative Care in Oncology

Palliative Care in Oncology
Author: Bernd Alt-Epping
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3662462028

Palliative care provides comprehensive support for severely affected patients with any life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis. To do this effectively, it requires a disease-specific approach as the patients’ needs and clinical context will vary depending on the underlying diagnosis. Experts in the field of palliative care and oncology describe in detail the needs of patients with advanced cancer in comparison to those with non-cancer disease and also identify the requirements of patients with different cancer entities. Basic principles of symptom control are explained, with careful attention to therapy for pain associated with either the cancer or its treatment and to symptom-guided antineoplastic therapy. Complex therapeutic strategies for palliative cancer patients are highlighted that involve both cancer- and symptom-directed options and address a range of therapeutic aims. Issues relating to drug use in palliative cancer care are fully explored, and a separate section is devoted to care in the final phase. A range of organizational and policy issues are also discussed, and the book concludes by considering likely future developments in palliative care for cancer patients. Palliative Care in Oncology will be of particular interest to palliative care physicians who are interested in broadening the scope of their disease-specific knowledge, as well as to oncologists who wish to learn more about modern palliative care concepts relevant to their day-to-day work with cancer patients.

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients
Author: Janet L. Abrahm
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 659
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 142141404X

This highly regarded handbook provides clinicians with the information they need to treat their cancer patients effectively and compassionately. This comprehensive guide to managing pain and other symptoms for people with cancer has helped tens of thousands of patients and families. Designed for busy practicing clinicians, A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients provides primary care physicians, advanced practice nurses, internists, and oncologists with detailed information and advice for alleviating the stress and pain of patients and family members alike. Drawing on the work of experts who have developed revolutionary approaches to symptom management and palliative care, as well as on the lessons learned from patients and their families during her thirty years as a teacher and clinician, Dr. Janet L. Abrahm shows how physicians and other caregivers can help patients and families heal emotionally even as the disease progresses. The third edition includes updates to medications and clinical stories, and features two new chapters: “Working with Patients’ Families” and “Sexuality, Intimacy, and Cancer.” New lessons from palliative care and hospice care can help patients, their professional caregivers, and their families support each other every step of the way.

Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control

Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9241547006

Most women who die from cervical cancer, particularly in developing countries, are in the prime of their life. They may be raising children, caring for their family, and contributing to the social and economic life of their town or village. Their death is both a personal tragedy, and a sad and unnecessary loss to their family and their community. Unnecessary, because there is compelling evidence, as this Guide makes clear, that cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. Unfortunately, the majority of women in developing countries still do not have access to cervical cancer prevention programmes. The consequence is that, often, cervical cancer is not detected until it is too late to be cured. An urgent effort is required if this situation is to be corrected. This Guide is intended to help those responsible for providing services aimed at reducing the burden posed by cervical cancer for women, communities and health systems. It focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care.