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Title Cancer supportive care : advances in therapeutic strategies / edited by Gary H. Lyman, Jeffrey Crawford
Published New York : Informa Healthcare, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 395 pages) : illustrations
Series Translational medicine series ; 5
Translational medicine series ; 5.
Contents Measuring patient symptoms and other aspects of health-related quality of life / Zeeshan Butt, Susan E. Yount, and David Cella -- Assessment and management of cancer-related fatigue / Heather S.L. Jim and Paul B. Jacobsen -- Anemia and red cell factors / John Glaspy -- Neutropenia and its complications / David C. Dale, Jeffrey Crawford, and Gary H. Lyman -- Bacterial infections in cancer patients / Kenneth V.I. Rolston and Gerald P. Bodey -- Management of fungal infections in cancer patients / Mickael Aoun [and others] -- Myeloid growth factors / Jeffrey Crawford -- Thrombocytopenia and thrombopoetic growth factors / Jennifer Wright and Saroj Vadhan-Raj -- Venous thromboembolism and anticoagulation / Maithili V. Rao, Charles W. Francis, and Alok A. Khorana -- Antiemetic prophylaxis and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting / Karin Jordan [and others] -- Mucositis in patients receiving high-dose cancer therapy / Douglas E. Peterson and Rajesh V. Lalla -- Diarrhea and constipation / Joyson Karakunnel and Apruva A. Modi -- Skeletal complications : bone metabolism and novel targeted agents / Alissa Huston -- The role of bisphosphonates to preserve bone health in patients with breast cancer / Allan Lipton -- Supportive care for older cancer patients / Michelle Shayne and Lodovico Balducci -- Care of the cancer survivor / Craig C. Earle and Anne H. Partridge -- Pain and palliation / Jeanne-Marie Maher and Anne Berger -- Management of anxiety and depressive symptoms / Jimmie C. Holland, Talia R. Weiss, and Maria Rueda-Lara -- End-of-life care / Amy P. Abernethy [and others] -- Risk prediction for chemotherapy-associated toxicity in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy / Gary H. Lyman and Nicole M. Kuderer
Summary "Cancer Supportive Care: Advances in Therapeutic Strategies presents management options for the full range of symptoms, toxicities, and complications experienced by cancer patients."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
Medical care.
Quality of life.
Neoplasms -- complications
Neoplasms -- therapy
Patient Care
Quality of Life
quality of life.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Quality of life
Medical care
Cancer -- Palliative treatment
Form Electronic book
Author Lyman, Gary H. (Gary Herbert), 1946-
Crawford, Jeffrey (Jeffrey C.)
ISBN 9781420052909
142005290X
9781420052893
1420052896