What is cancer? / Jill Cooper -- Challenges faced by occupational therapists in oncology and palliative care / Jill Cooper -- Occupational therapy in symptom control / Jill Cooper -- Occupational therapy in anxiety management and relaxation / Jill Cooper -- Occupational therapy in the management of breathlessness / Jill Cooper -- Occupational therapy and cancer related fatigue / Daniel Lowrie -- Client-centred approach of occupational therapy programme case study / Gemma Lindsell -- Occupational therapy in paediatric oncology and palliative care / Claire Tester -- Occupational therapy in HIV-related cancers and palliative care / Camilla Hawkins and Will Chegwidden -- Occupational therapy in neuro-oncology / Helen Barrett and Julie Watterson -- Occupational therapy in hospices and day care / Anne Bostock, Shelley Ellis, Sara Mathewson and Lilias Methven -- Creativity as a psychodynamic approach / Kathryn Boog -- Outcome measures in occupational therapy in oncology and palliative care / Gail Eva