Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology

ISBN-13: 9780128035238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 326 str.

Monica S. Krishnan; Margarita Racsa; Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu

Opis

Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology serves as a practical tool and rapid reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues. Containing the most recent advances in translational palliative care research, each chapter is organized in a succinct fashion to discuss major symptom burdens, suggested assessment, and various management options. Each symptom and disease section is written to be a rapid, practical guide for clinicians on the floor. The book starts with general approaches in palliative radiation oncology that are followed by a section that focuses on common symptoms in palliative care and their management. The next section of the book is devoted to site and disease-specific evaluation, intervention, and management. This handbook provides general guidelines and management recommendations for common clinical vignettes encountered by palliative radiation oncology practitioners and supported by palliative radiation oncology research. Concise references are cited to support treatment recommendation.

• Provides a quick reference for the busy clinician
• Details standard of care resources for researchers of palliative and supportive care
• Contains updated standards of care for palliative medicine and a list of common medications and dosages
• Includes a comprehensive index by symptom and condition to facilitate quick reference

Recenzje

"This book is evidence based and highly reliable, and its recommendations leave room for, and give credence to, clinical judgment, which is always a critical component in palliative oncology...There are very few resources available like this, and this is the first handbook of its kind. I am sure that it will be a highly useful resource for those seeking a quick but comprehensive overview of palliative radiation. Score: 89 - 3 Stars" --Doody's

Spis treści

Part I: Issues in Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology1. General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology2. Communication3. Prognostication in Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy4. Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Advance Care Planning, and Advance Directives5. Palliative Care Assessment

Part II: Symptom Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners6. Pain Management7. GI Symptoms: Radiation-Induced Adverse Effects8. Management of Dyspnea and Central Airway Obstruction in Patients With Malignancy9. Malignant Bleeding10. Skin Toxicity in Palliative Radiation Therapy

Part III: Disease-Specific Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners11. Palliative Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis12. Palliative Radiotherapy for Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression13. Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis14. Site-Specific Symptom Management: Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Lung Cancer15. Palliative Radiation Oncology for Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies16. Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Gynecologic and Genitourinary Malignancies17. Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers and Skin Metastases

O autorze

Monica Krishnan is an attending physician at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Centers at South Shore and Milford. She has developed a palliative radiation clinic at these community cancer centers, working in tandem with the Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO) program at the main campus in Boston. She has a strong interest in palliative radiation and has done extensive research assessing prognostication and its role in treatment decision making. Margarita Racsa is a radiation oncologist who recently completed a Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York. She presently is a Fellow with the Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO) Service at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston. She has a strong interest in Palliative Care Education including working on an initiative to develop a core curriculum in Palliative Care for radiation oncology residency programs. Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu is a radiation oncologist at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Prior to Sinai, he was the service chief of Central Nervous System Radiation Oncology with a focus in management of brain metastasis at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL. He is board certified in Radiation Oncology and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Yu has gained interest in palliative radiation oncology from clinical practice and is playing an active role to initiate a comprehensive palliative radiation oncology program.