Prognosis in advanced cancer / edited by Paul Glare, Nicholas A. Christakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glare, Paul

Christakis, Nicholas A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Prognosis.

Cancer.

Cancer--Palliative treatment.

Neoplasms.

Prognosis.

Palliative Care.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms.

Prognosis.

Palliative Care.

Physical Description:

xii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

'Doctor, how long have I got?' is a common but difficult question for healthcare professionals to answer when caring for people with terminal cancer. Predicting survival and other outcomes is increasingly being recognized as an important skill for palliative care doctors and nurses, oncologists, and other healthcare professionals who treat this group of patients. This book aims to help answer this question, thereby improving quality of care and aiding the decision-making process.

Paul Glare and Nicholas A. Christakis, leaders in the field of prognosis, have brought together a team of international contributors from across the fields of palliative care and oncology. This comprehensive but practical guide begins with the principles of prognostication, including formulating the prediction and its communication. Topics such as statistical issues, evidence-based medicine, and the ethics of prognostication are also covered. The second section addresses prognostication in 15 specific cancer sites once they have reached the advanced stage, following a standard template for consistency and easy access to the key information. The third section deals with prognostication in patients with a variety of common clinical conditions at the end of life, such as bowel obstruction, hypercalcaemia, and brain metastases. In addition, survival curves are provided within each chapter, palliative care conditions are examined for the first time, and a summary table of long and short term prognosis ensures this book remains practical. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in predicting the course of advanced cancer, and who needs to ensure that the chances of 'a good death' are maximized.

Contents:

Overview: advancing the clinical science of prognostication / Paul Glare and Nicholas A. Christakis

Differences in prognostication between early and advanced cancer / William J. Mackillop

Foreseeing: formulating an accurate prognosis / Elizabeth B. Lamont

Foretelling: communicating the prognosis / Phyllis Butow ... [et al.]

Statistical concepts and issues related to prognostic models / Phyllis A. Gimotty

Evidence-based medicine / Paul Glare, Marco Maltoni, and Cinzia Brunelli

Tools for formulating prognosis / Jay F. Piccirillo and Anna Vlahiotis

Ethical perspectives / Bert Broeckaert and Paul Glare

Lung cancer / C. Martin Tammemagi

Colorectal cancer / Tony Geoghegan and Michael J. Lee

Breast cancer / Fabio Efficace and Laura Biganzoli

Bladder cancer / Luigi Schips and Richard Zigeuner

Prostate cancer / Timothy Gilligan

Pancreatic cancer / Moritz Koch, Jürgen Weitz, and Markus W. Büchler

Hepatoma / Kelvin K. Ng and Ronnie T. Poon

Head and neck cancer / Ceri Hughes and Steven J. Thomas

Gynaecological cancer / Jonathan Carter

Brain cancer / Hiroko Ohgaki

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma / Charles Dumontet and Catherine Thieblemont

Leukaemia and myeloma / Paul Glare

Sarcoma / Katherine T. Morris and Murray F. Brennan

Unknown primary / Jonathan E. Dowell

Melanoma / Anne Hamilton and Katherine Clark

Bone secondaries / Edward Chow and Albert Yee

Brain secondaries / Andrew Broadbent and George Hruby

Leptomeningeal disease / Vicki Jackson and Lida Nabati

Liver metastases / Angela Byrne and Michael J. Lee

Lung secondaries / David Currow and Christine Sanderson

Hypercalcaemia / Niklas Zojer and Martin Pecherstorfer

Spinal cord compression / Nora Janjan ... [et al.]

Pain relief / Maria Montoya and Eduardo Bruera

Malignant bowel obstruction / Sebastiano Mercadante

Breathlessness / Lara Alloway, Vaughan Keely, and Irene Higginson

Delirium / Miriam Friedlander and David Kissane

Weight loss / Aminah Jatoi and Phuong L. Nguyen

Cancer-related fatigue / Tugba Yavuzsen and Mellar P. Davis

Prognostication in the imminently dying patient / James Stevenson and John Ellershaw.

Notes:

Text on front end paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198530220

0198530226

OCLC:

180753643