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Palliative Radiation Oncology

  • 1 Edición - 29 de diciembre de 2022
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Neha Vapiwala, Joshua Jones, Kavita Dharmarajan
  • Idioma: Inglés

Offering practical, comprehensive coverage of the many nuanced technical and clinical aspects of this growing field, Palliative Radiation Oncology provides up-to-date clinic… Leer más

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Offering practical, comprehensive coverage of the many nuanced technical and clinical aspects of this growing field, Palliative Radiation Oncology provides up-to-date clinical guidance in a thorough yet concise manner. In an easy-access format, it integrates basic science, pathologies, and research with clinical applications, covering different ways to approach problems, tumor assessment, precise target definition, and dosing-specific guidelines to minimize side effects/toxicities while balancing with desired outcomes.

Puntos claves

  • Discusses optimal communication skills for pediatric, adult, and elderly patients
  • Contains decision-making algorithms to guide individualized palliative radiation oncology treatment plans
  • Reviews all the latest modalities with technical tips and pitfalls
  • Covers key procedures such as external beam radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Features step-by-step body site-specific guidelines with integrated symptom and toxicity management
  • Covers symptom and symptom-cluster management, including pain and psychosocial or spiritual distress
  • Ideal for radiation oncology residents, fellows, and practitioners, as well as medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, oncology nurses, and radiation technicians—all clinicians who work in this highly collaborative, team-based specialty
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

De interès para

Radiation oncologists (practicing, residents, and fellows), palliative medicine practitioners

Índice

SECTION I Foundations and Principles of Palliative Care in Oncology

1. Definition of Palliative Care

2. Introduction to Prognostication

3. Basic Communication Frameworks

4. Troubleshooting Difficult Conversation

5. Models of Multidisciplinary Management

SECTION II Techniques and Modalities

6. Palliative Radiation

7. Selecting Modalities

8. Treatment Planning in Palliative Radiotherapy

9. Alternate Modalities for Palliation

10. Combining Radiation and Systemic Therapy

11. Considerations Involving Reirradiation

SECTION III Foundations and Principles of Palliative Radiation by Body Site or Special Population

12. Palliative Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck

13. Palliative Thoracic Radiation

14. Palliative Radiotherapy in the Breast and Chest Wall

15. Palliative Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies

16. Palliative Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies

17. Palliative Radiotherapy in Pediatrics

18. Radiotherapeutic Palliation of Lymphoma

19. Radiotherapeutic Palliation of Bone Marrow Diseases—Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma

20. Palliative Radiotherapy in Bones

21. Palliative Radiotherapy in the Brain

22. Palliative Radiotherapy in the Spine

23. Palliative Radiotherapy in Oligometastases

24. Palliative Radiotherapy in the Older Adult

SECTION IV Management of Symptoms and Treatment- Related Toxicities

25. General Symptom Overview: Importance of Side Effect Management, CINV, Anorexia, and Cachexia

26. Management of Pain

27. Management of Fatigue

28. Management of Skin Toxicity

29. Central Nervous System: Symptoms and Toxicities

30. Management of Symptoms and Treatment-Related Toxicities of Head and Neck Cancers

31. Chest and Thorax: Symptoms and Toxicities

32. Abdomen and Pelvis: Symptoms and Toxicities

33. Late Toxicities Management

34. Psychosocial and Spiritual Distress

Reseñas

"This book addresses palliative care in radiation oncology from a multi-dimensional perspective and includes an ebook component. The website resources provide quick links to cited references, but offer limited additional features beyond the convenience of expanded access to the book." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Mark D. Hurwitz, MD (New York Medical College) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 14 de abril de 2023
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

NV

Neha Vapiwala

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Radiation Oncology, Assistant Dean of Students, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

JJ

Joshua Jones

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

KD

Kavita Dharmarajan

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

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