Handbook of supportive and palliative radiation oncology / [edited by] Monica S. Krishnan, Margarita Racsa, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu.
| Other author | Krishnan, Monica S. |
| Other author | Racsa, Margarita. |
| Other author | Yu, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Elsevier, Academic Press, [2017] |
| Description | xix, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Biomedical Science and Medicine 2017 [EBCBSM17] |
| Subjects |
| Contents | General approach to palliative care and aplliative radiation oncology / Candice J. Johnstone and Stephen Lutz -- Communication / Margarita Racsa -- Prognostication in patients receiving palliative radiation therapy / Monica S. Krishnan -- Palliative care, hospice care, advance care planning, and advance directives / Allison Taylor -- Palliative care assessment / Joshua Jones -- Pain management / Lauren Koranteng and Natalie Moryl -- GI symptoms / Nicholas Chiu, Natalie Pulenzas, Ernest Maranzano, Carlo DeAngelis, Na Zhang, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu and Edward Chow -- Management of dyspnea and central airway obstruction in patients with malignancy / Randy Li-Hung Wei and Lorriana E. Leard -- Malignant bleeding / Candice C. Johnstone -- Skin toxicity in palliative radiation therapy / Lauren Hertan -- Palliative radiotherapy for brain metastasis / Rachel B. Jiminez and Helen A. Shih -- Palliative radiotherapy for malignant epidural spinal cord compression / Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu, Ernest Maranzano and Dirk Rades -- Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastasis / Puja Venkat, Stephen Lutz and Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu -- Site-pecific symptom management / Ryan Rhome and Kavita Dharmarajan -- Palliative radiation oncology for gastrointestinal tract malignancies / Puja Venkat, Sarah E. Hoffe and Jessica M. Frakes -- Palliative radiotherapy for advanced and metastatic gynecologic and genitourinary malignancies / Emma C. Fields, Mitchell S. Anscher and Alfredo I. Urdaneta -- Palliative radiotherapy for advanced and metastatic head and neck cancers and skin metastases / Tyler J. Wilhite and Jonathan D. Schoenfeld. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780128035238 |
| ISBN | 0128035234 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |