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The older cancer patient : a guide for nurses and related professionals / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors.
Holman Biotech Commons RC281.A34 O435 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geriatric oncology.
- Cancer--Nursing.
- Cancer.
- Neoplasms.
- Aged.
- Neoplasms--therapy.
- Neoplasms--diagnosis.
- Quality of Life.
- Social Support.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neoplasms.
- Aged.
- Neoplasms--therapy.
- Neoplasms--diagnosis.
- Quality of Life.
- Social Support.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2003]
- Summary:
- Because cancer in the older adult may be present in combination with other chronic conditions, including dementia and frailty, multidisciplinary care is especially important. This book provides nurses with essential information on the care and treatment of the older adult with cancer.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Pathology of Cancer and Aging / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci 9
- Chapter 2 Issues in the Care of the Older Cancer Patient: Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Treatment, and Information Gaps / Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann, Janine Overcash 24
- Chapter 3 Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Cancer Patient / Michael A. Silverman, Scott D. Barnett, Patricia Ryan, Adam Golden, Neil Nusbaum 45
- Section 2 Management of Care 65
- Kathy's Treatment 67
- Chapter 4 Atypical Presentation of Cancer in the Elderly / Katherine K. Stanley, Janice T. Hoff 73
- Chapter 5 Obtaining a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment / Kathy Effingham, Julie Meyer, Lodovico Balducci 86
- Chapter 6 Understanding Patient Preferences / Hongbin Chen 107
- Chapter 7 Health Care Decisions: How Cancer Treatment Decisions Are Made by the Health Care Team / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci 120
- Chapter 8 Radiation Therapy of Older Persons / Linda Casey, Babu Zachariah, Lodovico Balducci 131
- Chapter 9 Chemotherapy in the Older Person / Julie Meyer, Lodovico Balducci 144
- Chapter 10 Cancer Fatigue and Aging / Sandra Holley 168
- Chapter 11 Cancer-Related Anemia / Lodovico Balducci, Janine Overcash 181
- Chapter 12 Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible / Ira Byock, Yvonne Corbeil 193
- Section 3 Related Issues 215
- Mr. Brown's Story 217
- Chapter 13 Social Support Networks of the Older Cancer Patient / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci 223
- Chapter 14 Helping Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients: The CARE Model / John J. Barrett, William E. Haley, Leah Sisler 242
- Chapter 15 Nursing Research and Quality of Life / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci 257
- Chapter 16 Strategies for the Enrollment of Older Patients into Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci 275
- Chapter 17 The Cost of Cancer Prevention and Treatment in the Older Person / Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann 284.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826118054
- OCLC:
- 51511239
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