Practical Geriatric Oncology

Herausgeber: Hurria, Arti; Cohen, Harvey Jay

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive text provides guidelines to the care of elderly cancer patients, which is different from that of younger adults.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 939g
• ISBN-13: 9780521513197
• ISBN-10: 0521513197
• Artikelnr.: 30977211

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. Geriatric assessment for the older adult with cancer Arti Hurria
and Harvey Jay Cohen; 2. Pharmacology and unique side-effects of
chemotherapy in older adults Hans Wildier and Matti Aapro; 3. Pharmacology
and unique side-effects of hormonal therapy in older adults Leona Downey;
4. Drug utilization, adherence, and unique side-effects of targeted therapy
in older adults Tiffany A. Traina and Stuart M. Lichtman; 5. Principles of
surgical oncology in older adults Suzanne Gaskell, Siri R. Kristjansson and
Riccardo A. Audisio; 6. Principles of radiation oncology in older adults
Benjamin D. Smith and Thomas A. Buccholz; Part II. Management of Solid
Tumors in Older Adults: 7. Management of breast cancer in older adults
Michelle Shayne and Gretchen Kimmick; 8. Management of lung cancer in older
adults Suresh S. Ramalingam and Chandra P. Belani; 9. Management of head
and neck cancer in older adults Julie A. Kish; 10. Management of esophagus
and gastric cancer in older adults Shahzad Siddique and Jimmy Hwang; 11.
Management of colon and rectal cancer in older adults Supriya Gupta Mohile,
Harman P. Kaur and Richard M. Goldberg; 12. Management of renal and bladder
cancer in older adults Matthew I. Milowsky and Dean F. Bajorin; 13.
Management of prostate cancer in older adults Andrew Liman and Gurkamal
Chatta; 14. Management of ovarian and endometrial cancer in older adults
William P. Tew and Vivian von Gruenigan; Part III. Management of
Hematologic Malignancies in Older Adults: 15. Management of myelodysplasia
in older adults Heidi D. Klepin and Bayard L. Powell; 16. Management of
chronic leukemia in older adults Martha Wadleigh and Richard Maury Stone;
17. Management of acute myeloid leukemia in older adults Arati V. Rao and
Joseph O. Moore; 18. Hematopoietic cell transplantation in older adults
Andrew S. Artz and William B. Ershler; 19. Management of non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma in older adults Anne H. Blaes and Vicki A. Morrison; 20.
Management of myeloma in older adults Amrita Y. Krishnan; Part IV. Symptom
Management and Supportive Care of Older Adults: 21. Optimizing quality of
life in older adults with cancer Alice B. Kornblith and Mark T. Hegel; 22.
Optimizing functional status in older adults with cancer Gijsberta van
Londen and Stephanie Studenski; 23. The myeloid growth factors in older
adults with cancer Gary H. Lyman; 24. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in
older adults with cancer Matthew S. McKinney and Jeffrey Crawford; 25.
Management of depression and anxiety in older adults with cancer Mark I.
Weinberger, Christian J. Nelson and Andrew J. Roth; 26. Management of pain
in older adults with cancer Anthony Nicholas Galanos, Katya Elbert-Avila
and Leslie J. Bryan; 27. Management of fatigue in older adults with cancer
Betty Ferrell and Tami Borneman; 28. Management of dyspnea in older adults
with cancer Amy P. Abernethy, Jane L. Wheeler and David C. Currow; 29.
Management of the gastrointestinal side-effects of therapy in older adults
with cancer Laura Raftery, Stephen A. Bernard and Richard M. Goldberg.