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Author: Jeanne Held-Warmkessel
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780763740467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for clinical nurses caring for prostate cancer patients at the bedside, in the hospital, outpatient clinic, or home, this easy-to-use reference provides nurses with practical material that is useful in the day-to-day care of patients with prostate cancer.
Author: Arthur L. Burnett
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2010-01-20
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1449631223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guide to Prostate Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining prostate cancer treatments from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.
Author: Alan G. Lawrenson
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780994319791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParts 1 and 3 of the book are mainly focused on Alan being diagnosed with intermediate risk prostate cancer, and the process he went through to finally have proton beam radiation therapy in Seoul, South Korea in early 2013. Part 2 of the book focuses on the treatment options available to all newly diagnosed prostate cancer sufferers. It also includes a substantial section on diet and nutritional issues that the author believes are critical components of any prostate cancer prevention and/or treatment regime. He also includes a seven point plan to aid sufferers recovery from the disease. An important inclusion are more than 100 questions that patients should consider asking their doctors. Alternative therapies are discussed in some detail. The book should appeal to newly-diagnosed men as well as to men that have more advanced prostate cancer. It covers metastatic cancer in detail as well as the very latest therapies available to men with a challenging diagnosis. It also includes details on 24 future developments that might be the treatments of tomorrow.
Author: Daniel Chamberlain, MD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 2016-08-09
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1617052655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPocket Guide to Radiation Oncology is an efficient, no-frills guide to the basics of clinical radiation oncology. The chapters are packed with clinical pearls and tables covering treatment options, doses, side effects, target delineations, treatment planning, and other essentials. Chapters are organized by site-specific disease. Each chapter presents the must-know key points, including treatment options by stage, relevant technical considerations, and important items for follow-ups. This crucial material makes the book an ideal companion for the practicing physician during rounds and other clinical settings. The book's organized format also lends itself to quick review for the board or MOC exams, and it can serve as a handy reference during a case review at a tumor board. Key Features: The outline format and wealth of succinct tables make this a great quick reference Each chapter concludes with a list of selected, summarized studies relevant to the disease 51 disease-based chapters make it easy to find particular sites without having to sift through dense, broad text Supplemental sections at the end of the book provide quick access to normal tissue tolerance constraints as well as recommendations for managing symptoms after radiation therapy
Author: Kamran Ahmed
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Published: 2010-02
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781848164413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a must-have medical dictionary of common body tumors. Listed in alphabetical order, entries include head and neck tumors, ophthalmic tumors, alimentary tract tumors, respiratory system tumors, tumors of bones and soft tissues, dermatological tumors, genitourinary system tumors (gynecological and urological), and lymphatic system tumors (Hodgkin's & non-Hodgkin's). Details of each cancer type are categorically grouped under a brief introductory note, etiology or risk factors, epidemiology, clinical features (signs and symptoms), diagnostic modalities, staging and grading (TNM), and treatment/management.
Author: Deborah T. Berg
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780763701727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis easy-to-use reference provides nurses with practical material that is useful in the day-to-day care of patients with colorectal cancer. Divided into five sections, the text covers: the basics of colorectal cancer; disease assessment; therapeutic approaches and nursing care; treatment of recurrent and metastatic colorectal cancer; and care of the individual with colorectal cancer. Quality of life, advanced symptom management, and survivorship are also explored and offer insight into the colorectal cancer experience.
Author: James Gilbaugh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1439145504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStraight Answers to Your Most Pressing Intimate Questions Drawing on more than twenty-five years of clinical experience and familiarity with the anxieties and fears men have about their health, the physician known for years to Men's Health newsletter readers as "Dr. Private Parts" knows just what worries men enough to seek help. Covering everything from "Is this normal?" questions to cancer treatment options, Dr. Gilbaugh puts locker-room misconceptions to rest, and offers the facts as well as up-to-date treatment advice on: Healthy sexual function Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment Noncancerous prostate problems, including benign prostate hypertrophy Vasectomie AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases Medications and alternative treatments for impotence Urinary problems and more
Author: Karen Hassey Dow
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780763729950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPocket Guide to Breast Cancer is an easy-to-use, day-to-day reference for nurses caring for patients with breast cancer and their families. The Pocket Guide is divided into four parts: Epidemiology of Breast Cancer, Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer, Treatment of Recurrent Breast Cancer, and Quality-of-Life Issues. Each chapter has been expanded and updated to provide the reader with current information, and the Third Edition features two new chapters on Endocrine Therapy and End-of-Life Issues. Like the previous editions, this handy pocket guide includes information on screening and early detection, assessment, treatment, surgical techniques, and cancer-related fatigue and sleep disturbance.
Author: Edward Chu
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780763743109
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Author: Debra Prescher-Hughes
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2009-09-29
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0763758248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNurse's Chemotherapy Quick Pocket Reference is a portable, quick reference guide to chemotherapy dosing administration and information, arranged alphabetically by cancer type. All the chemotherapy drug information your need in the palm of your hand!
