Medical care of cancer patients / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yeung, Sai-Ching Jim.

Escalante, Carmen P.

Gagel, R. F. (Robert F.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Patients--Care.

Cancer.

Cancer--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (800 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shelton, CT : People's Medical Publishing House : BC Decker Inc., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most oncology books cover the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This book is unique that it focuses on the medical issues of cancer patients or cancer survivors frequently encountered by primary care physicians or internists. These problems include not only those associated with older chemotherapeutic agents, but also newer classes of drugs such as monoclonal antibodies and signaling pathway-specific small molecules. This textbook will also address emerging management issues for comorbid conditions in cancer patients. This text is also an attempt to systematically categorize and describe the complex and rapidly evolving field of internal medicine in cancer survivors. The contents will provide the reader with a different perspective and a framework to organize rapidly accumulating new information.This book is conceived as a companion to standard internal medicine and oncology textsâe"a comprehensive reference resource for internists caring for cancer patients and oncologists in practice. The text is extensively indexed for easy access and retrieval of information.

Contents:

""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Section Editors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to the Care of the Cancer Patient""; ""2 Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy""; ""Fundamental Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Cancer""; ""Compression, Obstruction, and Infiltration""; ""Systemic Effects""; ""Treatment-Related Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Long-Term Consequences of Cancer Surgery""; ""Management of Lymphedema""; ""Endocrine and Exocrine Function after Pancreatectomy""; ""Postgastrectomy Syndromes""

""Functional Complications of Esophageal Surgery""""Pelvic Operations""; ""4 Collateral Damage Associated with Chemotherapy""; ""Systemic Toxic Effects""; ""Agents and Mechanisms of Action""; ""Chemotherapy-Induced Secondary Malignancies""; ""Fertility and Mutagenicity""; ""Appendix""; ""5 Systemic Sequelae of Bioimmunotherapy""; ""Bioimmunotherapy Agents and Systemic Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Care of a Cancer Patient""; ""The Shift from Paternalism to Partnership""; ""Informed Consent: Process and Transparency""; ""Assessing Decisional Capacity""

""Standards for Decision Making""""Advance Care Planning""; ""CPR and Do Not Resuscitate""; ""Confidant and Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Physician-Internist as Confidant""; ""Family Secrets""; ""HIV and Communicable Diseases and the Duty to Warn""; ""Genetic Risks and the Results of Testing""; ""Risks to the Public""; ""Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Internist as Gatekeeper""; ""Relationships with Consultants""; ""Alternative Medicine""; ""Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Cancer-Related Fatigue""; ""Clinical Manifestations""

""Pathophysiology of CRF""""Fatigue-Associated Symptoms""; ""CRF Assessment Tools""; ""Evaluating the Patient with CRF""; ""Intervention in CRF""; ""Summary""; ""8 Cancer Pain""; ""Definitions""; ""Models of Care""; ""Evaluation of the Patient with Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain Syndromes""; ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cancer Pain Treatment""; ""Management of Chronic Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain at the End of Life: Special Considerations""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Cancer and Depression: Phenomenology and Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk Factors""

""Mechanisms""""Summary""; ""10 Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Diagnosing Sleep Disturbance""; ""Specific Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Chronobiology""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Summary""; ""11 Nausea""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Predictive Factors""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Treatment Guidelines for the Prevention of Acute and Delayed Emesis""; ""Special Emetic Problems""; ""Summary""; ""12 Fever""; ""History""; ""Definitions""; ""Thermometric Variability""; ""Physiologic Variables""; ""Clinical Manifestations""

""Pathophysiologic Mechanism""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60795-125-8

OCLC:

923337316