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ABC of cancer care / edited by Carlo Palmieri, BSc PhD FRCP, University of Liverpool, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital & the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, UK, Esther Bird, MA MRCP FRCR DFFP, Silverdale GP Surgery, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK, Richard Simcock, Sussex Cancer Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ABC seriesPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell : BMJ Books, 2013.Description: xiii, 86 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470674406 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Cancer care
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: ABC of cancer careDDC classification:
  • 616.994 23
  • 616.99/4 23
LOC classification:
  • RC261 .A73 2013
NLM classification:
  • QZ 266
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: A new addition to the popular, reader-friendly and full colour ABC series, the 'ABC of Cancer Care' is a non-specialist cancer care text for a primary care setting. Written by a multidiscipline contributor team, the book provides coverage of the diagnosis, management, treatment, and ongoing surveillance of common cancers within the multidisciplinary context of primary care, as well as a presentation of the rationale and implications of treatments initiated in secondary and tertiary care.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

A new addition to the popular, reader-friendly and full colour ABC series, the 'ABC of Cancer Care' is a non-specialist cancer care text for a primary care setting. Written by a multidiscipline contributor team, the book provides coverage of the diagnosis, management, treatment, and ongoing surveillance of common cancers within the multidisciplinary context of primary care, as well as a presentation of the rationale and implications of treatments initiated in secondary and tertiary care.

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