Lutz / Chow / Hoskin Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-48425-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

"This textbook, Radiation Oncology inPalliative Cancer Care, represents the full evolution ofradiation therapy, and of oncology in general. ( ... ) [It] isan acknowledgment that palliative radiotherapy is now asub-specialty of radiation oncology. This formally makes palliativeradiotherapy a priority within patient care, academic research,quality assurance, and medical education." - Fromthe Foreword by Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA, National Center forPolicy Analysis, Dallas, TX, USA
Palliative Medicine is the professional medical practice ofprevention and relief of suffering and the support of the bestpossible quality of life for patients and their families,regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for othertherapies. The most common cause for palliative care referral isterminal cancer, and a large proportion of those referrals includepatients who will need palliative radiotherapy during the course oftheir disease. Still, there are barriers to coordinated carebetween radiation oncologists and palliative care physicians thatdiffer from one country to another. Until now, one overarchinglimitation to appropriate concurrent care between the specialtiesacross all countries has been the lack of a comprehensive yetconcise reference resource that educates each of the specialtiesabout the potential synergistic effects of their cooperation. Thisbook fills that void.
Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care:
* Is the first book-length treatment of this important topicavailable on the market
* Is authored by world-renowned experts in radiation oncology andpalliative medicine
* Uses a multidisciplinary approach to content and patienttreatment
* Features decision trees for palliative radiotherapy based uponfactors such as patient performance status and prognosis
* Pays careful attention to current best practices andcontroversies in the delivery of end-of-life cancer care
This book is an important resource for practicing radiationoncologists and radiation oncologists in training, as well ashospice and palliative medicine physicians and nurses, medicaloncologists, and geriatricians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lutz, Stephen

Chow, Edward

Hoskin, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors
Foreword
Part 1 General principles of radiation oncology
A Brief History of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Joshua Jones
The Radiobiology of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Candice Johnstone
The Physics of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Shaun Baggarley & Jiade Lu
Curative Intent versus Purely Palliative Intent Radiation Oncology
Vassilios Vassiliou & Haris Charalambous
Side Effects of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Alysa Fairchild
Part 2 General principles of palliation and symptom control
6 A History of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Michelle Winslow & Marcia Meldrum
7 The Current Status of Hospice
Charles F. von Gunten, Frank D. Ferris, & A.J. Mundt
8 The Current Status of Palliative Care
Tom Smith & Susannah Yovino
9 Pain Management
Erin McMenamin
10 Palliative Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Henry Ddungu & Elizabeth Barnes
Part 3 Locally advanced or locally recurrent diseases
11 Primary Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Caroline Chung & Eric Chang
12 Head & Neck Cancer
Albert Tiong & June Corry
13 Breast Cancer
Ian Kunkler
14 Lung Cancer
George Rodrigues & Benjamin Movsas
15 Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Cancer
Rob Glynne-Jones & Mark Harrison
16 Genitourinary Malignancies
Gillian Duchesne
17 Gynecologic Cancer
Firuza Patel
18 Hematologic Malignancies
David Howell
19 Pediatric Cancers
Tamara Vern-Gross
Part 4 Metastatic Disease
20 Metastatic Bone Disease
Yvette van der Linden & Dirk Rades
21 Spinal Cord Compression
Ernesto Maranzano & Fabio Trippa
22 Brain metastases
May Tsao
23 Liver Metastases
Sean Bydder
24 Malignant Neuropathic Pain, Adrenal, Choroidal and Skin Metastases
Daniel E Roos & Aaron H. Wolfson
Part 5 Integration of Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care
25 Design Challenges in Palliative Radiotherapy Clinical Trials
Deb Watkins Bruner & Lawrence Berk
26 Radiation Oncology Cost Effectiveness
Andre Konski
27 Quality measures of palliative radiotherapy
James Hayman, Rinaa Punglia & Anushree M. Vichare
28 Technologically Advanced Palliative Radiation Oncology
Simon Lo, Bin S. Teh, Samuel T. Chao, Arjun Sahgal, Nina A. Mayr & Eric L. Chang