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A guide to oncology symptom management /

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Chemotherapy and biotherapy scenarios

Table of Contents: “…The case of a 64-year-old male with metastatic colorectal cancer -- The case of a 67-year-old participant in a clinical trial -- The case of a 45-year-old female with ovarian cancer -- The case of a 17-year-old male with sarcoma -- The case of a 67-year-old male with lung cancer -- The case of a 66-year-old female with leukemia -- The case of a young woman with cervical cancer -- The case of a 50-year-old male with stomatitis -- The case of a 56-year-old male with diarrhea -- The case of a 78-year-old male with lymphoma -- The 26-year-old male presenting with easy bruising -- The case of a 47-year-old male receiving salvage therapy -- Chemotherapy safety : "real-life events".…”
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Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology /

Table of Contents: “…Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management --…”
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