Advanced cancer : pain and quality of life / Edward Chow and Joav Merrick, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chow, Edward.

Merrick, Joav, 1950-

Series:

Health and human development series.

Health and human development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Palliative treatment.

Cancer.

Cancer pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An estimated 166,400 new cases of cancer will occur in Canada in 2008. Bone metastases unfortunately remain a common site of recurrence, with breast and prostate cancer patients representing a substantial proportion of this population. Metastatic bone disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Pain is experienced by up to two thirds of patients. The prognosis for patients with bone metastases is highly influenced by tumor type, performance status, and the presence of extraosseous disease. The median survival has been significantly longer in breast cancer patients with a first relapse in the axial skeleton (24 months) versus patients with initial relapse in the liver (3 months) (2). Survival after diagnosis of bone metastases is influenced by the subsequent development of extraosseous metastatic sites: 1.6 years versus 2.1 years in patients with bone-only disease.

Contents:

section 1. Pain management

section 2. Palliative radiotherapy

section 3. Advanced cancer

section 4. Quality of life

section 5. Some case reports

section 6. Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61668-400-3

OCLC:

688293886