| Description |
1 online resource (374 pages) |
| Contents |
Root; Introduction to cancer symptom science; Researching the mechanisms underlying; the symptoms of patients with cancer; Cytokines and sickness behavior:; a model for cancer symptoms; The clinical science of cancer pain; assessment and management; Pain: basic science; Mechanisms of disease-related pain in cancer:; insights from the study of bone tumors; The physiology of neuropathic pain; Cognitive dysfunction: is chemobrain real?; Cognitive impairment: basic science; Depression in cancer: pathophysiology; at the mind-body interface; Depressive illness: basic science |
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Animal models of depressive illnessand sickness behavior; From inflammation to sickness and; depression: the cytokine connection; Cancer-related fatigue: clinical science; Developing translational animal models; of cancer-related fatigue; Cancer anorexia/weight loss syndrome:; clinical science; Appetite loss/cachexia: basic science; Sleep and its disorders: clinical science; Sleep and its disorders: basic science; Proteins and symptoms; Genetic approaches to treating and; preventing symptoms in patients with cancer; Functional imaging of symptoms; High-dose therapy and posttransplantation |
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symptom burden: striking a balancePromoting symptom research in; cooperative groups; Practical aspects of symptom management; in patients with cancer; The economics of cancer-related symptoms:; valuing supportive-care interventions; Symptom measurement by patient report; Longitudinal models for symptoms; Bayesian adaptive design: a novel approach; to test the effectiveness of symptom-reducing; agents using patient-reported outcomes; Promoting cancer symptom science research; Developing symptom management drugs; Cancer-relatedsymptoms:issuesfor; considerationindrugandtherapeuticbiological |
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productlabelclaimsintheUnitedStatesSymptom research: looking ahead |
| Summary |
The first interdisciplinary compilation on biobehavioral mechanisms underlying cancer-related symptoms, enhanced by perspectives from scientists, patients, government and industry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Pathophysiology.
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Symptoms.
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Cancer -- Pathophysiology.
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Symptoms.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fisch, Michael J
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Dunn, Adrian J
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| ISBN |
9780511917080 |
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0511917082 |
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