This textbook examines the depth of late-1990s practices and advances in the nursing of a child with cancer. Divided into four sections, the book addresses four modalities of treatment: chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and bone-marrow transplant. Each of the four sections looks at specific areas including symptom management, complications and late effects. Throughout, the book information boxes give useful guidance in good practice in this developing specialism.

Originally emanating from presentations at an international conference, this text brings together research and practice development from three perspectives: practice, management and education. Within these three sections, the book presents a series of chapters written mainly by practitioners, but some in collaboration with academics.

Much has changed since the first book Paediatric Oncology: Acute Nursing Care (1999), therefore, this new edition encompasses these changes in relation to the practice itself and the evidence that underpins it. Emphasis is placed on ensuring terminology is accurate, in keeping with the language of the current day.

The book is divided into six sections: Chemotherapy, Haematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation, General Surgery, Radiotherapy, Late Effects of cancer therapies, and Palliative Care. There is a brief commentary at the end of each section/chapter by a 'novice' author but...

Geoffrey "Frey" Hartley- soldier, helicopter pilot, boxer, martial arts expert - is the biggest, baddest Gargoyle shapeshifter in the Stone Society. After too much death and destruction, he hung up his dog tags. Now he is the owner of Lion Hart Dojo and Gym. For almost six hundred years, Frey has spent his life protecting humans while secretly praying for a family. Some of his Clan are finding their mates, but the fates aren't making it easy on any of them. Abbi Quinn - teacher, wife, sister - is an abused, broken down young woman. After her parents' death when she was seventeen, Abbi hung up...

Taggart Lee has it all. Fame. Fortune. Everything except love. Tag is the jaded lead singer for 7's Mistress, the biggest rock band in the world. After fifteen years in the business, he's drowning in it all. When tragedy strikes, he takes a break from the road and the monotony his life has become. When he meets a gorgeous man on a park bench, he sees his lifeline. Dr. Erik Henrikson thought he'd met the one. He had. The wrong one. A year after his breakup, he still has a lock on his heart. Then he meets Lee, someone whose life has just been turned upside down. When he finds out Lee's true...

Nikolas Stone might not have the most exciting job in the Stone Society, but it is one of the most important. As archivist, he is the keeper of all things Gargoyle. When Nik uncovers the truth about Gargoyles being able to mate with humans, he not only saves his species, he also stumbles upon his own mate. Sophia Brooks is the cute librarian who helped Nik gather his research about the Gargoyle who first mated with humans. When Nik goes back to the library to see Sophia, she has left him a note and disappeared. Sophia Brooks waited 3 years for Nikolas Stone to figure out who she is. Just when...

Jasper Jenkins was a solitary Gargoyle, feeling like he didn't truly belong to a clan, until he moved to New Atlanta and joined the Stone Society. Now that he's finally settling in, his past has reared its evil Gargoyle head and is targeting those around him, including the quirky M.E.'s assistant who happens to be his mate. Trevor McKenzie's life is no stranger to heartache and loneliness. His insecurities began when he found out he was cloned just in case his brother needed spare parts. As danger closes in, his boss confides in him that the "badass club" of gorgeous men he is surrounded by...

When Michael "Sixx" Gentry lost control of the beast inside, he walked away from the best thing to happen to him in 500 years. Twenty-four years later, someone points out that Sixx has a doppelganger. When he hears the man's name, Sixx realizes twenty-four years too late that the best thing to ever happen to him had been pregnant with his son when he walked away. Sixx makes the trip across the country to face someone more terrifying than any Gargoyle he's ever come up against - the mate he left behind. Desirae Rothchild, love of his life and mother to his son, is one feisty human. When she...