Advanced cancer : managing symptoms and quality of life / Natalie Pulenzas, [and others], ediitors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pulenzas, Natalie, editor.

Series:

Health and human development series.

Health and Human Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Cancer--Treatment.

Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Hauppauge], New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bone metastases are a common event for cancer patients. We have developed an innovative and unique clinical research program dedicated to palliative radiation oncology at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and specifically a multidisciplinary clinic for bone metastases. The development of this program introduces an effective strategy to conduct research in palliative radiation oncology. Symptom control is very important for the quality of life for bone and brain metastases patients. This is an evolving active field of research as greater emphasis is being placed into u

Contents:

""ADVANCED CANCER: MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""ADVANCED CANCER: MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Advanced cancer: Managing symptoms and quality of life in cancer""; ""SECTION ONE: CASE REPORTS""; ""Chapter 1: A unique case of long-bone disease responding to radiotherapy alone""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 2: Painful sacral insufficiency fracture simulating metastatic disease from primary breast cancer""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Pathological fracture of the tibia in a patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: A case report of a rare finding""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Renal mass � primary or metastatic? The search for a definitive diagnosis""; ""Abstract""

""Introduction""""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Suspicious perianal lesion in a patient with renal cell carcinoma""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Osteonecrosis of the jaw appearing as bone metastases in a bone scan in a patient with breast cancer""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Unusual presentation of osteolytic bone metastases in prostate adenocarcinoma""; ""Introduction""

""Case report""""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Asymptomatic presentation of lung and bone metastases in a patient with breast cancer""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Prophylaxis with radiation treatment after surgery to the cervical spine for established heterotopic ossification""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 10: Good surgical outcome and long survival in a patient with occipitocervical instability requiring occiput to C3 fixation""""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 11: Pain relief through palliative radiation therapy in a patient with cervical spine bone metastases""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 12: Single fraction palliative radiation treatment in the treatment of bone metastases with soft tissue mass""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""

""Case report""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62808-267-4

OCLC:

871702984