Main description:

Addressing physical and psychosocial matters of survivorship prior to, during, and after anticancer treatment is central to a patient's wellbeing. The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship explores not only the diagnosis and treatment but also the increasingly recognized complex and ongoing symptoms experienced by long term cancer survivors. Significant advances have been made, designing strategies to manage the side effects and symptoms of treatment and to prevent them from occurring, maximizing the person's ability to pursue daily activities.

The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship assembles international, multidisciplinary experts who focus on a comprehensive range of symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and its treatment. Intended for health professionals involved with cancer care, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, general practitioners, nurses and allied health workers, this textbook provides current information on the management and prevention of cancer related side effects, referring to up-to-date sources that are useful for conducting further research.

Contents:

Introduction.- Cancer Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment.- General Symptoms.- Cancer Pain.- Cancer-Related Fatigue.- Palliative Care - End of Life Symptoms.- Supportive Care in Elderly Cancer Patients.- Supportive Care in Paediatric Oncology.- Quality of Life Assessment: The Challenge of Incorporating Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) into Investigative Trials and Clinical Practice.- Cardiovascular.- Cardiotoxicities of Cancer Therapies: Challenges for Patients and Survivors of Cancer.- Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade (Cardiac and Pericardial Symptoms) .- The Vena Cava Syndrome.- Respiratory.- Pulmonary Toxicity of Therapy.- Management of Respiratory Symptoms in People with Cancer.- Endocrine and Metabolic.- Endocrine and Metabolic Symptoms of Cancer and Its Treatment.- Reproductive.- Sexual Problems in Patients with Cancer.- Sterility, Infertility and Teratognicity.- Menopausal Symptoms.- Hemtaological.- Preserving Cardiac Health in the Breast Cancer Patient Treated with Anthracyclines.- Thrombosis and Bleeding in Cancer Patients.- Lymphedema Care.- Infections in Cancer.- Infections and Cancer.- Gastrointestinal.- Cancer Cachexia and Anorexia.- Xerostomia and Dental Problems in the Head and Neck Radiation Patient.- Dysphagia, Reflux and Hiccups.- Nausea and Vomiting.- Mucositis (Oral and Gastrointestinal).- Diarrhea, Constipation, and Obstruction in Cancer Management.- Ascites.- Hepatotoxicity and Hepatic Dysfunction.- Urogenital.- Urological Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment.- Gynecological Symptoms.- Neurologic and Muscular.- Central Nervous System Symptoms: Headache, Seizures, Encephalopathy, and Memory Impairment.- Neuromuscular Disease and Spinal Cord Compression.- Eye Symptoms and Toxicity of Systemic Chemotherapy.- SKIN.- Extravasation.- Dermatologic Toxicities.- Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia: Overview and Methodology for Characterizing Hair Changes and Regrowth.- Rehabilitation.- Rehabilitation in Cancer.- Survivorship.- Oral Health and Survivorship: Late Effects of Cancer and Cancer Therapy.- Survivorship: Psychosocial, Physical Issues and Insomnia.- Spiritual Issues in Supportive Cancer Care