Supportive care of children with cancer
Subtitle: current therapy and guidelines from the Children's Oncology Group
By: edited by Arnold J. Altman ; with a foreword by Gregory H. Reaman.
Contributors: Altman, Arnold J.; Children's Oncology Group.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Neoplasms -- therapy -- Child; Neoplasms -- therapy -- Infant
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The prevention of infection; title: Immunization; title: The management of fever and neutropenia; title: Blood component therapy; title: Hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications; title: Hematopoietic growth factors; title: Monitoring and management of drug toxicity; title: The management of drug extravasation; title: Side effects of radiation therapy; title: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; title: The management of pain; title: Oncologic emergencies; title: Nutritional support; title: Mouth care; title: Central venous access; title: The sexually mature young adult patient with cancer; title: Care of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient after leaving the transplant center; title: Psychosocial care; title: Recognition, prevention, and remediation of burnout in pediatric oncology staff; title: Complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric oncology; title: Palliative care.