Cancer nursing
Subtitle: principles and practice
By: edited by Connie Henke Yarbro, Margaret Hansen Frogge, Michelle Goodman ; editorial consultants, Barbara Holmes Gobel, Debra Wujcik.
Contributors: Yarbro, Connie Henke.; Goodman, Michelle.; Frogge, Margaret Hansen.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1879
ISBN-13: 9780763747206
Subjects: Cancer -- Nursing.; Neoplasms -- nursing.; Oncologic Nursing -- methods.; Cancer -- Soins infirmiers.; Neoplasias.; Enfermagem oncológica.; Cuidados de enfermagem.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biology of cancer; title: Immunology; title: Epidemiology; title: Cultural diversity among individuals with cancer; title: Dynamics of cancer prevention; title: Screening and detection for asymptomatic individuals; title: Genetic risk for cancer; title: Diagnostic evaluation, classification, and staging; title: Quality of life as an outcome of cancer care; title: Principles of clinical research and development; title: Surgical therapy; title: Principles of radiation therapy; title: Radiation treatment planning; title: Radiation therapy: toxicities and management; title: Chemotherapy: principles of therapy; title: Chemotherapy: principles of administration; title: Chemotherapy toxicities and management; title: Principles of bone marrow and hematopoietic cell transplantation; title: Techniques of hematopoietic cell transplantation; title: Complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation; title: Biologic and targeted therapy; title: Gene therapy; title: Hematopoietic therapy; title: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies; title: Cancer-related distress; title: Assessment of cancer pain; title: Management of cancer pain; title: Infection; title: Bleeding; title: Fatigue; title: Nutritional disturbances; title: Hypercalcemia; title: Paraneoplastic syndromes; title: Malignant effusions and edema; title: Sexual and reproductive dysfunction; title: Cardiac tamponade; title: Disseminated intravascular coagulation; title: Septic shock; title: Spinal cord compression; title: Superior vena cava syndrome; title: Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone; title: Tumor lysis syndrome; title: AIDS-related malignancies; title: Bone and soft tissue sarcomas; title: Bladder and renal cancer; title: Breast cancer; title: Central nervous system cancers; title: Cervical cancer; title: Colon, rectal, and anal cancers; title: Endocrine malignancies; title: Endometrial cancer; title: Esophageal cancer; title: Gallbladder and bile duct cancer; title: Head and neck malignancies; title: Leukemia; title: Liver cancer: primary and metastatic disease; title: Lung cancer; title: Lymphomas; title: Multiple myeloma; title: Ovarian cancer; title: Pancreatic cancer; title: Prostate cancer; title: Skin cancer; title: Stomach cancer; title: Testicular germ cell cancer; title: Vulvar and vaginal cancer; title: Cancer survivorship: a critical aspect of care; title: Late effects of cancer treatment; title: Physical, economic, and social issues confronting patients and families; title: Spiritual responses to cancer; title: Principles and issues in palliative care; title: Delivery of comfort care; title: The oncology advanced practice nurse; title: Evidence-based oncology nursing; title: Legal issues; title: Informatics; title: Oncology nursing and professional advocacy.