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Title ABC of cancer care / edited by Carlo Palmieri, Esther Bird, Richard Simcock
Published Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series ABC series
ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
Contents Multidisciplinary care / Richard Simcock -- Cancer imaging / Guy Burkill and Adrian Lim -- Surgery / Daniel Richard Leff and Richard Simcock -- Surgery for metastatic disease / Timothy W.R. Briggs, Elizabeth J. Gillott, Long Jiao and Lewis W. Thorne -- Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer / Catherine Harper-Wynne and Cathy Kelly -- Toxicity of chemotherapy / Sacha Howell, Alison Jones, and Colin James -- Radiotherapy / Alastair Thompson and Mark Beresford -- Toxicity of radiotherapy / Russell Burcombe, Jonathan Hicks, and Richard Simcock -- Endocrine therapy / Carlo Palmieri, Matt Flook, and Duncan Gilbert -- Biological and targeted therapies / Ruth E. Board Jennifer W. Pang, Carlo Palmieri and Suzy Cleator -- Trials in cancer care / Evandro de Azambuja, David Cameron, and Janet Brown -- Oncological emergencies / Mohammed Rizwanullah and Thomas E. Newsom-Davis -- Cancer in the elderly / Alistair Ring and Juliet Wright -- Nutrition and cancer care / Mhairi Donald -- Complementary and alternative therapies / Richard Simcock and Sarah Cavilla / -- Nursing care, advocacy, and support / Clare Sullivan, Beverley Longhurst, Amelia Cook and Elizabeth Bowman -- Cancer survivorship / Esther Bird, Amy Guppy, and Carlo Palmieri
Summary ABC of Cancer Care is a practical primary care guide to help health professionals better inform their patients, manage and recognize the common complications of cancers and their treatment, and understand the rationale and implications of decisions made in secondary and tertiary care. It provides coverage of the diagnosis, management, treatment and on-going surveillance of common cancers within the multidisciplinary context of primary care. Individual chapters assess the different treatment options, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and examine their possible s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cancer.
Neoplasms -- therapy
Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Neoplasms
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Cancer
Form Electronic book
Author Palmieri, Carlo, 1968- editor.
Bird, Esther, 1970- editor.
Simcock, Richard, 1969- editor.
LC no. 2013009186
ISBN 9781118526859
1118526856
9781118526835
111852683X
9781118526903
1118526902
0470674407
9781299648470
1299648479
9780470674406