Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care

This accessible, authoritative handbook covers the range of problems carers encounter looking after cancer patients at the end of life.

Cancer patients increasingly receive end-of-life care from a variety of physicians and nurses. In this handbook, two eminent physicians from one of the world's foremost cancer centers have gathered a remarkable team to cover the range of problems non-specialists will encounter, from breaking bad news to managing complex symptoms.Patients with advanced cancer increasingly receive end-of-life care from a variety of health care professionals, physicians and nurses. These professionals need to be able to assess the original diagnosis and the appropriateness of patient referral, set a treatment or palliation program, and recognise and plan for the clinical problems associated with specific primary tumors. This is the first comprehensive source of information available at a level between specialist oncology texts and nursing texts. Two eminent physicians from one of the world's foremost cancer centers have drawn together a remarkable team to provide a handbook which covers the full range of problems the healthcare workforce caring for these patients will encounter. This highly accessible text covers general principles in oncology, the primary tumors one by one, and management of specific symptoms and syndromes. It will be invaluable to primary care physicians, surgeons, nurses, therapists and trainees.