Aesthetic Treatments for the Oncology Patient

ISBN-13: 9781138305571 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 198 str.

Paloma Tejero; Hernán Pinto

Opis

Physicians are recognizing that helping a cancer patient feel good about themselves and their appearance can give them the emotional support and resilience to survive and recover from the side-effects of disease. This pioneering volume will bring together the expertise in this area, with the practical detail a physician will need.

Spis treści

1. The oncologic patient and aesthetic medicine: The bonded approach. 2. Challenges for oncology: Prevention, palliation, and survival. 3. Cancer as a chronic disease. 4. Clinical record: Oncological screening. 5. Tumor markers. 6. The psychological approach: The healing power of image and comprehensive assistance to cancer patients. 7. The role of the family. 8. The oncological patient environment: Legal framework and ethics. 9. Radiotherapy: The prevention of secondary effects, radiodermatitis, and long-term toxicity. 10. Prevention and treatment of dermatological secondary effects of cancer therapy. 11. Prevention and treatment of adverse effects of antineoplastic therapy and of delayed-onset side effects: Prevention and treatment of hair loss. 12. Melatonin for prevention and treatment of complications associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy: Implications for cancer stem cell differentiation. 13. Chronic antineoplastic therapies and their impact on quality of life. 14. Interactions with medical-aesthetic treatments. 15. Medical-aesthetic treatments in the survivor patient. 16. Medical aesthetic treatments in oncology patients. 17. Facial medical-aesthetic treatments in oncology patients. 18. Filler materials: Indications, contraindications, and special considerations in oncology patients. 19. Aesthetic-medical treatments during disease: What is the plan? 20. The role of the aesthetic doctor in the follow-up of the oncology patient. 21. Medico-aesthetic collaboration. 22. Dietetics and nutrition in oncology patients: Evaluation of the nutritional status, weight control, and nutrigenomics. 23. Nutrition: Diet therapy and nutritional supplements. 24. Introduction to vascular complications in oncology patients. 25. Anatomy of lymphatic drainage of the limbs. 26. Prevention and treatment of secondary lymphedema of extremities, early diagnosis of lymphostasis, and postsurgical prevention and conservative treatment of lymphedema. 27. Prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism. 28. Cosmetic-medical treatments. 29. Micropigmentation applied to oncology patients. 30. Photoprotection in oncology patients. 31. Scar care after surgical treatment in oncology patients. 32. Cancer and physical exercise. 33. Ozone therapy in oncology patients. 34.Thermal treatments in postcancer care.