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• Title:The older cancer patient : a guide for nurses and related professionals / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Overcash, Janine.
  Balducci, Lodovico.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ266 .O44 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Geriatric oncology.
  Cancer--Nursing.
  
• Medical Subjects: Neoplasms--therapy--Aged.
  Neoplasms--diagnosis--Aged.
  Quality of Life--Aged.
  Social Support--Aged.
  
• Description:xi, 307 p. cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0826118054
  
• Contents:Sect. 1. Overview
  Kathy's Diagnosis
  Ch. 1. Epidemiology and Pathology of Cancer and Aging / Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 2. Issues in the Care of the Older Cancer Patient: Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Treatment, and Information Gaps / Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann and Janine Overcash
  Ch. 3. Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Cancer Patient / Michael A. Silverman, Scott D. Barnett, Patricia Ryan, Adam Golden and Neil Nusbaum
  Sect. 2. Management of Care
  Kathy's Treatment
  Ch. 4. Atypical Presentation of Cancer in the Elderly / Katherine K. Stanley and Janice T. Hoff
  Ch. 5. Obtaining a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment / Kathy Effingham, Julie Meyer and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 6. Understanding Patient Preferences / Hongbin Chen
  Ch. 7. Health Care Decisions: How Cancer Treatment Decisions Are Made by the Health Care Team / Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 8. Radiation Therapy of Older Persons / Linda Casey, Babu Zachariah and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 9. Chemotherapy in the Older Person / Julie Meyer and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 10. Cancer Fatigue and Aging / Sandra Holley
  Ch. 11. Cancer-Related Anemia / Lodovico Balducci and Janine Overcash
  Ch. 12. Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible / Ira Byock and Yvonne Corbeil
  Sect. 3. Related Issues
  Mr. Brown's Story
  Ch. 13. Social Support Networks of the Older Cancer Patient / Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 14. Helping Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients: The CARE Model / John J. Barrett, William E. Haley and Leah Sisler
  Ch. 15. Nursing Research and Quality of Life / Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 16. Strategies for the Enrollment of Older Patients into Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment / Janine Overcash and Lodovico Balducci
  Ch. 17. The Cost of Cancer Prevention and Treatment in the Older Person / Lodovico Balducci and Martine Extermann.