Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Contents:; Overview of cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Assessing pain in patients with cancer / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Using non-opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Opioid medications for cancer pain / Yvonne D?Arcy -- Co-analgesics for additive pain relief in cancer patients / Yvonne D?…
Contents:; 1: Basis of Carcinogenesis; 2: Epidemiology and Prevention; 3: Evidence-Based Nursing in Basic Anticancer Treatment: Management of the Most Important Side Effects; 4: The Patients? Journey with Targeted Therapies; 5: Immunotherapy: New Challenges for Nursing; 6: Robotic Surgery; 7: Relat…
Part I: Fundamental concepts of bone metastases; Bone anatomy, physiology and function; Pathophysiology of bone metastases; Angiogenesis and bone metastasis : implications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment; Natural history, prognosis, clinical features and complications of metastatic bone dis…
Physiology of Wound Healing; Structure of the skin and the normal healing process; Factors that influence wound healing; Conclusion; Wound Assessment; Principles of assessment; Assessing the patient with a wound; Management of Specific Wound Types; Necrotic wounds; Sloughy wounds; Granulating and e…
Provides updated information about common types of cancer affecting the head, neck, central nervous system, endocrine system, lungs, digestive and urinary tracts, blood cells, immune system, skin, bones, and other body systems. It explains how people can reduce their risk of cancer by adopting a he…
Content:; Introduction -- 1 Evolvement of Advanced Nursing Practice -- 2 Emergence and Evolvement of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role in Cancer Care -- 3 Patient Perspective -- 4 Carer's Perspective -- 5 Key Worker Role -- 6 Psychological Support -- 7 Integrating Research and Evidence‐Based…
Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers,…
Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers,…
Table of Contents:; Cancer prevention, screening, and early detection -- Genetic risk -- Cancer diagnosis and staging -- Chemotherapy, targeted biotherapy, and molecular therapy -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Blood and marrow stem cell transplantation -- Complementary and integrative therapies …
Table of Contents:; Ch.1 Care Continuum -- Ch.2 Oncology Nursing Practice -- Ch.3 Major Treatment Modalities -- Ch.4 Symptom Management -- Ch.5 Oncologic Emergencies -- Ch.6 Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Care.