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Supportive Care of Children with Cancer: Current Therapy and Guidelines from the Children´s Oncology Group
Arnold J. Altman (Ed.)
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Paperback. The third edition features a new chapter on recognition, prevention, and remediation of burnout in pediatric oncology staff members, while throughout the book, chapters have been revised and updated to reflect the impact of new antibiotic agents, new antiemetics, and new approaches to pain management. Editor(s): Altman, Arnold J. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJW; MQCL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 526.
Three of every four children and adolescents with cancer can now be cured. However, physicians are using increasingly intensive treatment regimens. These treatments can expose patients to toxic chemotherapeutic agents, invasive surgical procedures, and radiation oncology interventions that risk disfigurement, neuropsychiatric damage, and life-threatening organ toxicity. These potentially dire consequences have mandated that advances in cancer treatment go hand in hand with supportive care measures that sustain patients through their therapeutic ordeal and allow each patient to achieve maximum quality of life. In this book, now in its third edition, the discipline of supportive care in pediatric oncology is covered ... Read more
Three of every four children and adolescents with cancer can now be cured. However, physicians are using increasingly intensive treatment regimens. These treatments can expose patients to toxic chemotherapeutic agents, invasive surgical procedures, and radiation oncology interventions that risk disfigurement, neuropsychiatric damage, and life-threatening organ toxicity. These potentially dire consequences have mandated that advances in cancer treatment go hand in hand with supportive care measures that sustain patients through their therapeutic ordeal and allow each patient to achieve maximum quality of life. In this book, now in its third edition, the discipline of supportive care in pediatric oncology is covered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801879098
SKU
V9780801879098
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About Arnold J. Altman (Ed.)
Arnold J. Altman, M.D., is the Hartford Whalers Professor of Childhood Cancer at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Head, Division of Hematology-Oncology at Connecticut Childrens Medical Center. He is also the past chair of the Supportive Care Committee of the Children's Cancer Group.
Reviews for Supportive Care of Children with Cancer: Current Therapy and Guidelines from the Children´s Oncology Group
The authors have collected very valuable, extensive and up-to-date information on the subjects treated: an ideal reference for all professionals involved in the multidisciplinary care of pediatric cancer patients.
Susanne Suter European Journal of Pediatrics 2004 This third edition of Supportive Care of Children with Cancer is a highly useful, ready-reference handbook for nurses, medical staff and oncologists involved ... Read more
Susanne Suter European Journal of Pediatrics 2004 This third edition of Supportive Care of Children with Cancer is a highly useful, ready-reference handbook for nurses, medical staff and oncologists involved ... Read more