Cancer in primary care

Cancer in primary care By Martin Gore; Douglas Russell
2003 | 324 Pages | ISBN: 1901865266 | PDF | 7 MB
Content: Organizing a cancer service -- Cancer services and primary care -- Organization of cancer services -- Organization of palliative care services -- Managing patients with cancer -- Cancer symptoms and their management -- Psychological aspects of cancer in primary care -- Managing side-effects of cancer therapy -- Principles of cancer care -- Cancer prevention -- Heredity and cancer -- Screening for cancer -- Hormones and cancer -- Mechanisms of cancer therapy -- Specific types of cancer -- Lung cancer -- Breast cancer -- Gastrointestinal cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Renal cell cancer -- Germ cell tumours of testis -- Cancer of the endometrium, cervix, vulva and vagina -- Ovarian cancer -- Leukaemia and myeloma -- Lymphoma -- Skin cancer and melanoma -- Sarcomas -- Head and neck, and thyroid cancer -- Neuro-oncology -- Children's cancer -- HIV-associated cancer -- Information -- Interpreting data and evidence -- Sources of information and support for cancer patients.