Supportive Care in Cancer Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ettinger, David S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Supportive care of the cancer patient begins with the diagnosis of cancer and terminates with the end of life. The supportive care is for symptoms related to the cancer and/or its treatment; physical, psychosocial and emotional issues associated with the cancer. Patients with cancer, in general, are...

Table of Contents:

• Management of Dyspnea
• Skeletal Metastases: Optimal Management Today
• Cancer Pain
• Anorexia and Cachexia
• Fatigue
• Pathogenesis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients
• Depression in Cancer Patients
• Anemia
• Neutropenia
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Oral Mucositis
• Diarrhea and Constipation: Supportive Oncology Management
• Menopausal Symptoms
• Supportive Care of the Older Cancer Patient
• Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care
• End-of-Life Decisions.