Fundamentals of Cancer Care
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About this book

As the range of successful treatments for cancer expands, demand for skilled and trained nursing teams is growing. This new text supported by the UK Oncology Nursing Society, and written by a team of over 30 experienced practitioners, provides an illustrated primer for anyone training to be a nurse or embarking on specialist training in the field.

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Yes, you can access Fundamentals of Cancer Care by Foulkes, Mark, Lavender, Verna, Kumaralingam, Nalayini, Campbell, Karen, Foulkes, Mark,Lavender, Verna,Kumaralingam, Nalayini,Campbell, Karen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Oncology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
EBN Health
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781739881405
eBook ISBN
9781739881412
Subtopic
Oncology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Glossary
  10. CHAPTER 1 What is cancer?
  11. CHAPTER 2 Metastatic cancer
  12. CHAPTER 3 The patient experience of cancer
  13. CHAPTER 4 The cancer pathway
  14. CHAPTER 5 Screening and early diagnosis
  15. CHAPTER 6 Staging of cancer
  16. CHAPTER 7 Decision making
  17. CHAPTER 8 Cancer surgery
  18. CHAPTER 9 Systemic anti-cancer therapy: cytotoxic drugs
  19. CHAPTER 10 Systemic anti-cancer therapy: small molecule inhibitors
  20. CHAPTER 11 Systemic anti-cancer therapy: anti-cancer endocrine therapy
  21. CHAPTER 12 Systemic anti-cancer therapy: biotherapies
  22. CHAPTER 13 Systemic anti-cancer therapy: immunotherapy
  23. CHAPTER 14 Radiotherapy
  24. CHAPTER 15 Radiotherapy side effects
  25. CHAPTER 16 Clinical research
  26. CHAPTER 17 Principles of treating side effects
  27. CHAPTER 18 Infusion-related complications
  28. CHAPTER 19 Management of short-term side effects
  29. CHAPTER 20 Intermediate treatment side effects
  30. CHAPTER 21 Longer term or late treatment side effects
  31. CHAPTER 22 Acute oncology
  32. CHAPTER 23 Living with and beyond cancer
  33. CHAPTER 24 Principles of palliative care
  34. CHAPTER 25 Care of the dying person
  35. CHAPTER 26 Understanding cancer policy and strategy
  36. CHAPTER 27 The cancer nursing response to the COVID-19 pandemic
  37. Index
  38. Back Cover