Handbook of skin care in cancer patients
By: Pierre Vereecken and Ahmad Awada, editors
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781616684198
Subjects: Skin Care; Skin; Complications; Treatment; Side effects; Chemotherapy; Antineoplastic agents; Care and hygiene; Diseases; Cancer; Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Handbooks; Adverse effects; Antineoplastic Agents; Drug therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hand-foot syndrome / Laurent Mortier; title: Management of acneiform eruption and other cutaneous side effects of anti-EGFR therapies / Siegfried Segaert and Eric Van Cutsem; title: How to manage hair changes in cancer patients / C. Piérard-Franchimont; title: Nail changes in cancer patients : from diagnosis to management / Josette André, Bertrand Richert; title: Cancer and photoprotection / Christelle Comte and Bernard Guillot; title: A critical review of cutaneous toxicity of anticancer treatments / Hans Prenen and Ahmad Awada; title: Pressure ulcers of cancer patients / Patricia Senet and Olivier Chosidow; title: How dermatopathology can be useful in the comprehension of therapeutic and side effects of novel biologically targeted therapies / Laporte Marianne; title: The common and the unusual presentation of skin metastases in cancer patients / Wolfram Fink and Dirk Schadendorf; title: Cosmetic and medicinal products : a distinct but complementary approach? / Alain Lechien; title: Management of lower limb edema in cancer patients / Leduc Olivier ... [et al.]; title: Keloids and hypertrophic scars after surgery in cancer patients / D. Franck, A. De Mey, and W.D. Boeckx; title: Cytotoxic drug extravasation in cancer patients : diagnosis, prevention, and management / Yassine Lalami; title: Skin manifestations of paraneoplastic syndromes / Jean Klastersky ... [et al.]; title: Tatoos and camouflage : not to forget! / Dachelet Claire ... [et al.]; title: Appendix 1. Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) version 4.02 (adapted from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute).