| Description |
xvii, 400 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. The context of radiotherapy care / Hazel Colyer -- 2. Challenges to radiotherapy today / Alastair J. Munro -- 3. The treatment trajectory / Mary Wells -- 4. After treatment is over / Caroline Nicholson and Mary Wells -- 5. The radiobiological basis of radiation side effects / Douglas Adamson -- 6. Assessing the impact of radiotherapy / Sara Faithfull -- 7. Fatigue and radiotherapy / Sara Fathfull -- 8. Radiation skin reactions / Mary Wells and Sheila MacBride -- 9. Pain and breathing problems / Mary Wells -- 10. Oropharyngeal effects of radiotherapy / Mary Wells -- 11. The effects of radiotherapy on nutritional status / Jill Ireland and Mary Wells -- 12. Urinary symptoms and radiotherapy / Sara Faithfull -- 13. Gastrointestinal effects of radiotherapy / Sara Faithfull -- 14. Late toxicity: neurological and brachial plexus injury / Vincent Khoo and Sara Faithfull -- 15. Lymphoedema / Angela E. Williams -- 16. Sexuality and fertility / Isabel White and Sara Faithfull |
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17. Body image / Helen Dryden -- 18. Late toxicity: bone problems / Vincent Khoo -- 19. Other late effects / Vincent Khoo -- 20. The future of supportive care in radiotherapy / Mary Wells and Sara Faithfull |
| Summary |
"More than 50% of people with cancer have radiotherapy at some time during their illness, yet their needs for supportive care have received little attention compared with the needs of patients undergoing other types of cancer treatment. Unlike other texts, which concentrate on the planning and delivery of radiotherapy, this book addresses the impact of treatment on the individual and the issues facing health carers who provide clinical and supportive care." "Supportive Care in Radiotherapy integrates key aspects of assessment, physical and psychosocial morbidity and toxicity management, placing these in the physical, psychosocial and organisational context in which they occur. Patients' perspectives are used throughout the text to illustrate the physical and emotional experience of radiotherapy and the difficulties facing patients who are in transition through the system. New and innovative approaches to patient care are discussed as well as challenges facing radiotherapy practitioners today. Practical advice on the assessment and clinical management of acute and late side effects is provided. Critical reviews of the current evidence base are included, along with future directions for clinical research and development." "Written by a multiprofessional group of authors, this book is aimed primarily at nurses and therapy radiographers but is also relevant to hospital and community doctors and nurses who encounter patients before, during and after radiotherapy. The books will be suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates, as it relates current research findings and theory to the clinical practice environment, within the context of cancer care delivery in the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Radiotherapy -- Complications.
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Cancer -- Nursing.
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Radiotherapy -- adverse effects.
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Neoplasms -- radiotherapy.
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Palliative Care.
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| Author |
Faithfull, Sara.
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Wells, Mary, MSc.
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| LC no. |
2002031099 |
| ISBN |
0443064865 |
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