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1 online resource. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Health and human development series |
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Health and human development series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Symptom control is very important for the quality of life for bone and brain metastases patients. This is an evolving active field of research as greater emphasis is being placed into understanding the goals of improving not only a patient°9s survival, but the ability for therapies to improve the quality of a patient's life. Beyond management and technical research, studies aimed at bettering our understanding of what patients in palliative care face at the end of life are important for the care we need to provide to this population. In particular, leading research in patient and physician communication with respect to palliative patients and models to predict survival are essential so that we can better understand when to focus more on symptom control as opposed to cancer control. As cancer patients live longer, we foresee greater efforts in this area of cancer research to better serve our patients at the end of their life. In this book, we present experience from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada with case reports and experiences on various interventions in advanced cancer, quality of life assessment tools, symptom management, radiation induced nausea and vomitting, bone metastases and advanced lung disease. |
| Contents |
""ADVANCED CANCER: MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""ADVANCED CANCER: MANAGING SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Advanced cancer: Managing symptoms and quality of life in cancer""; ""SECTION ONE: CASE REPORTS""; ""Chapter 1: A unique case of long-bone disease responding to radiotherapy alone""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References"" |
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""Chapter 2: Painful sacral insufficiency fracture simulating metastatic disease from primary breast cancer""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Pathological fracture of the tibia in a patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: A case report of a rare finding""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Renal mass � primary or metastatic? The search for a definitive diagnosis""; ""Abstract"" |
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""Introduction""""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Suspicious perianal lesion in a patient with renal cell carcinoma""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Osteonecrosis of the jaw appearing as bone metastases in a bone scan in a patient with breast cancer""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Unusual presentation of osteolytic bone metastases in prostate adenocarcinoma""; ""Introduction"" |
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""Case report""""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Asymptomatic presentation of lung and bone metastases in a patient with breast cancer""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Prophylaxis with radiation treatment after surgery to the cervical spine for established heterotopic ossification""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References"" |
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""Chapter 10: Good surgical outcome and long survival in a patient with occipitocervical instability requiring occiput to C3 fixation""""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 11: Pain relief through palliative radiation therapy in a patient with cervical spine bone metastases""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Case report""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 12: Single fraction palliative radiation treatment in the treatment of bone metastases with soft tissue mass""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction"" |
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Palliative treatment.
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Cancer -- Treatment.
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Palliative Care -- methods |
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Palliative Care |
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Soins palliatifs.
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Cancer -- Traitement.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Cancer -- Treatment
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Palliative treatment
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| Added Author |
Pulenzas, Natalie, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Advanced cancer New York : Nova Biomedical, [2013] 9781628082395 (hbk.) (DLC) 2013941187 |
| ISBN |
9781628082678 ebook |
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1628082674 |
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1628082399 hbk. |
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9781628082395 hbk. |
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