Oncology for Palliative Medicine

by Hoskin, Peter; Makin, Wendy

• ISBN13: 9780192628114
• ISBN10: 0192628119
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Consultants and nurses in palliative medicine who do not have a background in oncology need to know about the different types of cancer to be able to deal with palliation in these patients. The new edition of this popular book continues to provide comprehensive coverage of cancer management aimed at palliative care professionals. The opening chapters describe the principles that lie behind surgical, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy treatments for cancer. Further chapters look in detail at different cancers, their aetiology, pathology and management pathways. The book goes on to consider the effects of advanced or metastatic cancer at various sites in the body, with emphasis on the pathophysiology of symptoms and the key factors that may influence treatment decisions. This book will help the reader to identify opportunities for active palliative care and focuses on the problems of recurrent and advanced cancer, discussing the key factors that may influence treatment decisions. To aid understanding in the specialty, the format of the book has been thoroughly revised to include numerous tables, figures, algorithms, case histories and key points to ensure that it will prove an invaluable, practical guide to oncology for all health care professionals involed in the care of patients with malignant disease.

Author Biography

Peter Hoskin: Reader in Oncology, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex Wendy Makin: Consultant in Oncology and Palliative Care, Christie Hospital, Manchester

Table of Contents

Palliative oncology	1	(6)
Cancer biology	7	(10)
Epidemiology and cancer trials	17	(14)
The role of surgical and radiological intervention in palliation	31	(6)
Principles of radiotherapy	37	(14)
Systemic therapy: chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy	51	(16)
Lung cancer and mesothelioma	67	(14)
Colorectal cancer	81	(10)
Breast cancer	91	(22)
Urological cancer	113	(22)
Upper gastrointestinal tumours	135	(16)
Head and neck cancer	151	(14)
Gynaecological cancer	165	(24)
Central nervous system tumours	189	(12)
Lymphomas	201	(18)
Leukaemia and myeloma	219	(16)
Skin tumours	235	(10)
Bone and soft tissue tumours	245	(8)
Malignancy of unknown primary site	253	(10)
Malignancy associated with HIV infection	263	(8)
Bone metastases	271	(20)
Liver metastases	291	(14)
Metastatic disease of the thorax	305	(14)
Metastases involving the brain and meninges	319	(12)
Tumour-associated problems: pain	331	(16)
Other tumour-associated problems	347	(16)
Death	363	(8)
Index	371