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Supportive care in cancer therapy

Title
Supportive care in cancer therapy / edited by David S. Ettinger.
Publication
Totowa, N.J. : Humana ; London : Springer [distributor], 2008.

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Ettinger, David S.
Description
xiv, 294 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
Summary
"In Supportive Care in Cancer Therapy, edited by David Ettinger, the contributors provide an up-to-date, concise review of specific consequences of cancer and its treatment. The chapters will allow the reader to better understand the sequelae associated with all aspects of cancer and how to treat them in order to achieve control of symptoms and provide psychosocial care to improve the quality of life of the cancer patient. In addition, the reader will gain information about the care of the older cancer patient as well as the dying patient."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Cancer drug discovery and development
Uniform Title
Cancer drug discovery and development.
Subjects
Contents
1. Management of Dyspnea / Jay R. Thomas -- 2. Skeletal Metastases: Optimal Management Today / John Kosteva and Corey Langer -- 3. Cancer Pain / Stuart A. Grossman and Suzanne A. Nesbit -- 4. Anorexia and Cachexia / Takao Ohnuma and James F. Holland -- 5. Fatigue / Michael J. Fisch -- 6. Pathogenesis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients / Michael B. Streiff -- 7. Depression in Cancer Patients / Jimmie C. Holland and Yesne Alici-Evcimen -- 8. Anemia / George M. Rodgers -- 9. Neutropenia / Jeffrey Crawford -- 10. Nausea and Vomiting / Tara L. Lin and David S. Ettinger -- 11. Oral Mucositis / Nathaniel Treister and Stephen Sonis -- 12. Diarrhea and Constipation: Supportive Oncology Management / Al B. Benson III and Regina Stein -- 13. Menopausal Symptoms / Debra L. Barton, Aditya Bardia and Charles Loprinzi -- 14. Supportive Care of the Older Cancer Patient / Lodovico Balducci -- 15. Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care / Barrie Cassileth and Jyothirmai Gubili -- 16. End-of-Life Decisions / Sydney Morss Dy.
ISBN
  • 9781588299413 (hbk.)
  • 1588299414 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • ocn222160305
  • 222160305
  • SCSB-5448777
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Columbia University Libraries