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oapen-20.500.12657-514662021-11-16T02:48:11Z The Comprehensive Cancer Center Aljurf, Mahmoud Majhail, Navneet S. Koh, Mickey B.C. Kharfan-Dabaja, Mohamed A. Chao, Nelson J. Inpatient Unit Radiation Therapy Facility Palliative Care Infusion Center Blood Bank Open Access bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJC Diseases & disorders::MJCL Oncology bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems & services::MBPM Medical administration & management bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMC Palliative medicine This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources. The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators. 2021-11-15T15:27:44Z 2021-11-15T15:27:44Z 2022 book ONIX_20211115_9783030820527_11 9783030820527 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51466 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9783030820527.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030820527 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-82052-7 10.1007/978-3-030-82052-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9783030820527 Springer International Publishing 193 open access
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This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources. The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators.
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