Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day to Day

1296 Pages·2009·14.876 MB·English

by  Andrew Ko, Malin Dollinger, Ernest H. Rosenbaum

EVERYONE’S GUIDE TO
Cancer Therapy
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Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Survivorship

Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy, Revised Fifth Edition, copyright © 2008 by Andrew H. Ko, M.D., Malin
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To our spouses,
Christine Olivia Ko, Lenore Dollinger,
and Isadora Rosenbaum
for all their love and support
and
To Vincent DeVita Jr., M.D., and
Susan Molloy Hubbard, B.S., R.N., M.P.A.,
for their vision, ingenuity, and dedication
in creating PDQ—the Physician Data Query.
Contents
Foreword
by Richard Bloch
Preface to the Fifth Edition
byMargaretA.Tempero,M.D.,DeputyDirector,UCSFComprehensiveCancerCenter,andPastPres-
ident, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Editors’ Preface
To the Reader
Acknowledgments
Contributors
PART ONE
Diagnosis and Treatment
1Understanding Cancer
2How Cancer Is Diagnosed
3Working with the Health Care Team
4Deciding on the Appropriate Treatment
5Second Opinions
6What Happens in Surgery
7What Happens in Radiation Therapy
8What Happens in Chemotherapy
9What Happens in Biological Therapy and Immunotherapy
10Laser Therapy
11Hyperthermia
12Cryosurgery
13Radiofrequency-Generated Heat Treatment (Radiofrequency Ablation)
14Antiangiogenesis: Inhibition of Blood Vessel Growth as a Strategy for Treating Cancer
15Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
16Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care
17Blood Transfusions and Cancer Treatment
18Oncology Nursing
PART TWO
Supportive Care
19Living with Cancer
20Coping with the Side Effects of Chemotherapy
21Fatigue
22The Role of Sleep in Health, Disease, and Therapy
23Maintaining Good Nutrition
24Controlling Pain
25Guarding Against Infections
26Living with an Ostomy
27The Look Good … Feel Better Cosmetic Program
28Becoming Sexually Active Again
29Staying Physically Fit
30Home Care
31Palliative Care
PART THREE
Quality of Life
32The Will to Live
33Living with Mortality: Life Goes On
34New Hope in Managing Distress with Cancer
35Survivorship Guidelines for Cancer Patients and Their Families
36Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
37Infertility Problems in Cancer Survivors
38Cancer and the Family’s Needs
39Paying for Cancer Care
40Managed Care and Oncology: New Ways to Deliver Health Care
41Planning for the Future
PART FOUR
New Advances in Research, Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
42The Impact of Research on the Cancer Problem: Looking Back, Moving Forward
43Cancer Risk Assessment, Screening, and Prevention
44Investigational Anticancer Drugs
45Advances in Cancer Biology
46Genetic Risk Assessment and Counseling
47Cancer Information
PART FIVE
Treating the Common Cancers
Adrenal Gland
Anus
Bile Duct
Bladder
Brain
Breast
Cancer of an Unknown Primary Site (CUPS)
Carcinoids of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Cervix
Childhood Cancers
Childhood Cancers: Brain Tumors
Childhood Cancers: Retinoblastoma
Childhood Cancers: Soft-Tissue and Bone Sarcomas
Colon and Rectum
Esophagus
Gallbladder
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Head and Neck
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Kidney
The Leukemias
Liver
Lung: Nonsmall Cell
Lung: Small Cell
Lymphoma: AIDS-Associated