Supportive Care of the Cancer Patient

by Sweetenham, John W.; Williams, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780340561713
• ISBN10: 0340561718
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-08
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Throughout this century patients with cancer have endured often harsh treatments with the hope that any adversity justifies the ultimate cure. Since the effects of the underlying tumor and its therapy can often make the patient very ill, careful management is required if the harmful complications of the cancer itself and the side effects of the drugs and radiation are to be avoided. Supportive Care of the Cancer Patient provides strategies for the optimal management of such patients. The emphasis is on maximizing both quality and duration of life. Focusing on the serious and often life-threatening complications resulting from cancer and its treatment, this book offers guidance on psychological support for cancer patients and their medical carers. It explains the role of cytokines and interventional radiology in the management of malignant disease. Supportive Care of the Cancer Patient will prove invaluable to all those caring for cancer patients, particularly those patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	v	(2)
Preface	vii
Part 1 Supportive therapy	3	(86)
1. Bone marrow effects of anticancer therapy	3	(13)
Richard E Clark
2. Antimicrobial therapy of infectious complications in the patient with cancer	16	(26)
Alison G Freifeld
Philip A Pizzo
3. Supportive care of non-hematologic complications of cytotoxic therapy	42	(32)
Stephen R Veach
Philip S Schein
4. Chronopharmacology and avoidance of anticancer drug toxicity	74	(15)
Rostislav Vyzula
Georg A Bjarnason
William JM Hrushesky
Part 2 Therapy and biological agents	89	(32)
5. The role of cytokines in the supportive care of the cancer patient	89	(14)
John W Sweetenham
6. Sepsis: the role of cytokines and possible strategies to interfere with their actions	103	(18)
Tom van der Poll
Sander JH van Deventer
Part 3 Support of treatment-related complications	121	(52)
7. Improved control of chemotherapy-induced emesis	121	(19)
Edith A Perez
8. Treatment of malignancies and infectious complications in patients with HIV infection	140	(33)
Umberto Tirelli
Part 4 Psychological support	173	(36)
9. Psychological support for cancer patients and their medical carers	173	(12)
Angela Hall
10. Supportive therapy of elderly cancer patients	185	(24)
Marcello De Cicco
Umberto Tirelli
Part 5 Specific supportive problems	209	(112)
11. Interventional radiology in the management of malignant disease	209	(12)
Steven J Birch
David S Tarver
Richard D Thomas
12. Calcium and skeletal complications of cancer	221	(19)
Robert E Coleman
13. Morphine metabolism: an evaluation of recent research and its clinical implications	240	(18)
Carol L Davis
14. Haemostatic abnormalities in patients with cancer	258	(21)
Stuart Roath
John L Francis
15. Metabolic abnormalities associated with cancer	279	(42)
Therese Loughlin
Index	321