Alternate Title

What is personalised medicine? Let us help you understand

Author

Garassino, Marina

Corporate Author

European Society for Medical Oncology

Place of Publication

Danvers, MA

Publisher

ESMO Press

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

42 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series

ESMO patients guide series

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Medical Oncology - methods

Neoplasms - therapy

Genomics

Individualized Medicine - methods

Molecular Diagnostic Techniques

Molecular Targeted Therapy

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ241 G212 2013

Website Notes

Cancer guides for patients

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Editor

Basu, S K

Panda, Chinmay Kumar

Goswami, Subrata

Place of Publication

Singapore

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2022

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

ISBN

9783031072727

9783031095184

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Bauer, Axel W.

Hofheinz, Ralf-Dieter

Utikal, Jochen S.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Recent results in cancer research 218

Subjects

Bioethics

Ethics

Neoplasms

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Abstract

Contents:

1.The King of Diseases?: An Essay on the Special Attention Paid to Cancer Patients and How It Came About

2 One in Four Dies of Cancer. Questions About the Epidemiology of Malignant Tumours

3 HPV Vaccination in Bangladesh: Ethical Views

4 Using Human Tumor Cell Lines in Cancer Research

5 Risk-Adjusted Prevention. Perspectives on the Governance of Entitlements to Benefits in the Case of Genetic (Breast Cancer) Risks

6 The Right to Know and not to Know: Predictive Genetic Diagnosis and Non-diagnosis

7 Harms and Benefits of Cancer Screening

8 Cancer, the Media and Dealing with Knowledge

9 Ethical Aspects of Regulating Oncology Products

10 Liver Living Donation for Cancer Patients: Benefits, Risks, Justification

11 Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Oncology Care and Clinical Trials

12 Ethical Pain and Terminal Chaperonage

13 Advance Directives for Medical Decisions

14 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Realization or Abandonment of Self-determination?

15 Routine Oncology Treatment and Its Human Deficits

16 Experiencing Cancer. An Ethnographic Study on Illness and Disease

17 Cancer and Life Beyond It: Patient Testimony as a Contribution to Subjective Evidence

18 18 Cancer in Literature: Between Phenomenology and Symbolism

ISBN

9783030637491

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Stubblefield, Michael D

O?Dell, Michael W

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xxx, 1093 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Neoplasms - psychology

Pain - therapy

Abstract

http://www.demosmedpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=9781933864334

ISBN

9781933864334

1933864338

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ266 C218s 2009

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Author

Rosenberg, Stephen

Place of Publication

Lanham, MD

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Patient Care

Popular Work

Abstract

"A friendly, easy-to-read guide for cancer patients and their loved ones when dealing with a cancer diagnosis. This book will help patients, loved ones, friends and family recognize the pitfalls of a cancer diagnosis and how to avoid them to get the best care possible during their cancer journey." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN

9781538134221

9781538134238

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Editor

Pizzo, Philip A

Poplack, David G

Edition

6th ed.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xx, 1531 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Infant

Child

ISBN

9781605476827

160547682X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Abbotsford Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ275 P957 2011

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Editor

Micozzi, Marc S

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xxiii, 478 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Complementary Therapies - methods

ISBN

978026103055

0826103057

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ266 C736m 2007

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Editor

Amiji, Mansoor M.

Milane, Lara Scheherazade

Place of Publication

Cambridge, MA

Publisher

Elsevier Science and Technology

Academic Press

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Immunotherapy - methods

Neoplasms - immunology

Neoplasms - therapy

ISBN

9780128233979

9780128236376

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

Cancer immunotherapy

Editor

Butterfield, Lisa H.

Kaufman, Howard L.

Marincola, Francesco M.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy - methods

Neoplasms - immunology

ISBN

9780826137425

9780826137432

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Alternate Title

Cancer immunotherapy

Editor

Butterfield, Lisa H.

Kaufman, Howard L.

Marincola, Francesco M.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Publication Date

2017

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy - methods

Neoplasms - immunology

Abstract

Table of contents:

History of Cancer Immunotherapy -- Section I: Basic Principles of Tumor Immunology -- Section II: Cancer Immunotherapy Targets and Classes -- Section III: Immune Function in Cancer Patients -- Section IV: Disease-Specific Treatments and Outcomes -- Section V: Regulatory Aspects of Cancer Immunotherapy

ISBN

9781620700976

9781617052736

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Williams, Angela L.

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Detroit, MI

Publisher

Omnigraphics

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Health reference series

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Neoplasms - psychology

Cancer Survivors

Quality of Life

Popular Work

Abstract

Provides consumer health information about living with cancer after diagnosis, making cancer care decisions, coping with complications of treatment, and maintaining wellness after treatment. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.

ISBN

9780780817845

9780780817852

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Place of Publication

Cambridge, MA

Publisher

Elsevier Science and Technology

Academic Press

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Immunotherapy - methods

Neoplasms - immunology

Neoplasms - therapy

ISBN

9780323857819

9780323909259

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Howell, Della L

Place of Publication

Westport, CT

Publisher

Praeger

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xvi, 198 p. ; 25 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Praeger series on healing and managing injury and disease

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - complications

Parent-Child Relations

Infant

Child

Popular Work

Abstract

Cancer and children

Types of cancer, Part I: Leukemia

Types of cancer, Part II: Lymphoma

Types of cancer, Part III: Brain tumors, neuroblastoma, and kidney tumors

Types of cancer, Part IV: Bone tumors and muscle tumors

Types of cancer, Part V: Rare pediatric cancer diagnoses

Telling a child

Procedures at diagnosis, in therapy, and after therapy

Chemotherapy and taking medicines

Radiation therapy

Stem cell and bone marrow transplants

Common side effects

Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer

Choosing among potential treatments

Understanding the medical system

Understanding clinical trials

Asking questions, finding answers

Helping family members and friends

When cancer treatments stop working

ISBN

9780275996017

9780275996024

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 H859m 2008

Website Notes

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Editor

Rezaei, Nima

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy - methods

Immunomodulation

Organ Specificity

ISBN

9783030579487

9783030579494

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Walker, Suzanne

Dunphy, Elizabeth Prechtel

Place of Publication

Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher

Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date

2018

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Neoplasms - nursing

Neoplasms - therapy

Immunotherapy - nursing

Oncology Nursing - methods

Abstract

Table of Contents:

1. HISTORY OF IMMUNOTHERAPY -- 2. PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY -- 3. CYTOKINES IN IMMUNOTHERAPY -- 4. IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS -- 5. BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN - 6. ORAL IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENTS --7. ACTIVE IMMUNITY: VACCINE THERAPY -- 8. PASSIVE/ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY -- 9. COMBINATION THERAPIES --10. BIOMARKERS -- 11. CASE-BASED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND PATIENT EDUCATION.

ISBN

1635930189

9781635930184

9781635930191

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Meyers, Christina A

Perry, James R

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xii, 341 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - complications

Neoplasms - therapy

Cognition Disorders - etiology

Cognition Disorders - diagnosis

Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects

Neuropsychological Tests

Abstract

Clinical neuropsychology by Jill B. Rich and Angela K. Troyer

Brain imaging investigation of chemotherapy-induced neurocognitive changes by Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew J. Saykin, and Tim A. Ahles

Role of neuropsychological assessment in cancer patients by Elana Farace

Neuropsychological assessment of adults with cancer by Anne E. Kayl, Robert Collins, and Jeffrey S. Wefel

Neuropsychological assessment of children with cancer by Louise Penkman Fennell and Robert W. Butler

Biological bases of radiation injury to the brain by Edward G. Shaw and Mike E. Robbins

Cognitive dysfunction related to chemotherapy and biological response modifiers by Jeffrey S. Wefel, Robert Collins, and Anne E. Kayl

Effect of hormones and hormonal treatment on cognition by Christien Schilder, Sanne Schagen, and Frits Van Dam

Low-grade gliomas by Martin J. B. Taphoorn and Charles G. Niel

High-grade gliomas by Michael J. Glantz and John W. Conlee

Brain metastases by Deepak Khuntia ... [et al.]

Primary central nervous system lymphoma by Denise D. Correa

Childhood brain tumors by H. Stacy Nicholson, Louise Penkman Fennell, and Robert W. Butler

Neurofibromatosis by Bartlett D. Moore III and John M. Slopis

Hematological malignancies by Melissa Friedman and Mercedes Fernandez

Paraneoplastic disorders by Edward Dropcho

Symptomatic therapies and supportive care issues by Alan Valentine and Eduardo Bruera

Animal models and cancer-related symptoms by Adrian Dunn

Behavioral strategies and rehabilitation by Dona E.C. Locke, Jane H. Cerhan, and James F. Malec

Support services by Bebe Guill and Renee H. Raynor

Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of radiation-induced brain injury by Edward G. Shaw ... [et al.]

Neurocognitive testing in clinical trials by Jennifer A. Smith and Jeffrey S. Wefel

ISBN

9780521854825

0521854822

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ266 C676 2008

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Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editor

Levit, Laura A.

Balogh, Erin P.

Nass, Sharyl J.

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

xxviii, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - diagnosis

Quality of Health Care

Patient-Centered Care

Evidence-Based Practice

Medical Informatics

Abstract

Contents:

The Current Cancer Care Landscape: An Imperative for Change -- Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision Making -- The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer -- The Evidence Base for High-Quality Cancer Care -- A Learning Health Care Information Technology System for Cancer -- Translating Evidence into Practice, Measuring Quality, and Improving Performance -- Accessible and Affordable Cancer Care -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Committee Member and Staff Biographies

ISBN

9780309286602

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ266 D355 2013

Website Notes

Available in HTML and PDF formats at link

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Corporate Author

Oncology Nursing Society

Editor

Bernardo, Lisa Marie

Becker, Betsy J.

Place of Publication

Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher

Oncology Nursing Society

Publication Date

2016

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Exercise therapy - methods

Neoplasms - therapy

Evidence-Based Practice

Motor Activity

Physical therapy modalities

Nurses Instruction

Abstract

Contents:

Physical activity and cancer survival -- Promoting physical activity for cancer survivors -- FITT principle for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity -- Assessing readiness for physical activity : physical -- Considerations -- Evaluating tolerance and adherence to physical activity -- Physical activity for cancer-related fatigue -- Physical activity for cognitive functioning -- Physical activity for cancer-related pain -- Physical activity for promoting sleep -- Physical activity for chronic cancer-related conditions -- Physical activity for metastatic and end-of-life conditions -- Physical activity and cancer survival : future directions -- Support groups and resources.

ISBN

9781935864912

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Editor

Salgia, Ravi

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2020

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Precision Medicine - methods

ISBN

9783030314705

9783030314712

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Corporate Author

European Specialist Nurses Organisations

Editor

Charnay-Sonnek, Francoise

Murphy, Anne E.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2019

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Principles of specialty nursing

Subjects

Neoplasms - nursing

Patient Participation

Neoplasms - therapy

Oncology Nursing - methods

Abstract

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: Relational Competences

8: Nursing Diagnosis Specific to Oncology

9: Model of Announcing a Diagnosis of Cancer: The French Experience

10: Therapeutic Education

11: The Advanced Breast Cancer Nurse: A Key Role in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Health Itinerary

12: Gynecological Cancer

13: The Patient Journey in Prostate Cancer: Key Points for Nurses

14: Bladder Cancer and Renal Cancer

15: Management of Pleural Burden in Metastatic Lung Cancer and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

16: Gastric Cancer

17: Pancreatic Cancer

18: Evidence-Based Nursing of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

19: Advanced Nursing Practice: The Way to Go? ? How to Progress in Your Speciality

20: Children with Cancer: Communication, an Essential Component of Care

21: Support of Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer

22: Elderlies

23: Rare Tumours

24: Supportive Care in Cancer

25: Genetic Counseling

26: Oncology in the Primary Care

27: eHealth, ePatient

28: Patient as Actor of His Treatment: Shared Decision-Making

ISBN

9783319764573

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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