The older cancer patient : a guide for nurses and related professionals / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors.
Overcash, Janine.; Balducci, Lodovico.
2003
RC281.A34 O435 2003 (Mapit)
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Title The older cancer patient : a guide for nurses and related professionals / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors.
ISBN 0826118054
Publication Details New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2003.
Language English
Description xi, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number RC281.A34 O435 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 618.97/6994
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Overcash, Janine.
Balducci, Lodovico.
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Ch. 1. Epidemiology and pathology of cancer and aging
Ch. 2. Issues in the care of the older cancer patient: delayed diagnosis, inadequate treatment, and information gaps
Ch. 3. Cancer screening and prevention in the older cancer patient
Ch. 4. Atypical presentation of cancer in the elderly
Ch. 5. Obtaining a comprehensive geriatric assessment
Ch. 6. Understanding patient preferences
Ch. 7. Health care decisions: how cancer treatment decisions are made by the health care team
Ch. 8. Radiation therapy of older persons
Ch. 9. Chemotherapy in the older person
Ch. 10. Cancer fatigue and aging
Ch. 11. Cancer-related anemia
Ch. 12. Caring when cure is no longer possible
Ch. 13. Social support networks of the older cancer patient
Ch. 14. Helping family caregivers of elderly cancer patients: the CARE model
Ch. 15. Nursing research and quality of life
Ch. 16. Strategies for the enrollment of older patients into clinical trials of cancer treatment
Ch. 17. The cost of cancer prevention and treatment in the older person.

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