Management of cancer in the older patient /
Naeim, Arash.
Reuben, David B.
Ganz, Patricia.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Screening/prevention -- Epidemiology of cancer and aging -- Cancer screening and prevention in the older patient -- Diagnosis/assessment -- Approach to cancer diagnosis: use of radiology, pathology and tumor markers -- Assessment -- Choosing the right oncologist and the value of a second opinion -- Treatment -- Overview of cancer surgery in the elderly -- Radiation therapy for the older patient -- Adjuvant therapy for elderly patients with breast, colon, and lung cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Novel and targeted therapies -- Clinical trials in the elderly -- Communication and treatment decision making -- Supportive care -- Chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression in the elderly -- Nonhematologic complications of systemic treatment of cancer in the older-aged person -- Depression and anxiety in the older patient with cancer: a case-based approach -- Cancer pain in the elderly patients -- Cancer-related fatigue in the older patient -- Nausea and vomiting -- Insomnia in aging -- Nutritional support for the older cancer patient -- Complementary and alternative medicine in the older cancer patient -- Rehabilitation/survivorship -- Role of rehabilitation in the older patient with cancer -- Surveillance -- Long term effects and cancer survivorship in the older patient -- Special issues -- Managing the older cancer patient at home -- Caregiver burden -- Communication and coordination -- Palliative care, hospice and end of life -- Ethical issues related to assessing decision making capacity -- Economic burdens and access to care barriers for the older cancer patient.
Geriatric oncology.