Prognosis in advanced cancer / edited by Paul Glare, Nicholas A. Christakis.

Other author Glare, Paul.
Other author Christakis, Nicholas A.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Overview : advancing the clinical science of prognostication / Paul Glare and Nicholas A. Christakis -- Differences in prognostication between early and advanced cancer / William J. Mackillop -- Foreseeing : formulating an accurate prognosis / Elizabeth B. Lamont -- Foretelling : communicating the prognosis / Phyllis Butow ... [et al.] -- Statistical concepts and issues related to prognostic models / Phyllis A. Gimotty -- Evidence-based medicine / Paul Glare, Marco Maltoni, and Cinzia Brunelli -- Tools for formulating prognosis / Jay F. Piccirillo and Anna Vlahiotis -- Ethical perspectives / Bert Broeckaert and Paul Glare -- Lung cancer / C. Martin Tammemagi -- Colorectal cancer / Tony Geoghegan and Michael J. Lee -- Breast cancer / Fabio Efficace and Laura Biganzoli -- Bladder cancer / Luigi Schips and Richard Zigeuner -- Prostate cancer / Timothy Gilligan -- Pancreatic cancer / Moritz Koch, Jürgen Weitz, and Markus W. Büchler -- Hepatoma / Kelvin K. Ng and Ronnie T. Poon -- Head and neck cancer / Ceri Hughes and Steven J. Thomas -- Gynaecological cancer / Jonathan Carter -- Brain cancer / Hiroko Ohgaki -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma / Charles Dumontet and Catherine Thieblemont -- Leukaemia and myeloma / Paul Glare -- Sarcoma / Katherine T. Morris and Murray F. Brennan -- Unknown primary / Jonathan E. Dowell -- Melanoma / Anne Hamilton and Katherine Clark -- Bone secondaries / Edward Chow and Albert Yee -- Brain secondaries / Andrew Broadbent and George Hruby -- Leptomeningeal disease / Vicki Jackson and Lida Nabati -- Liver metastases / Angela Byrne and Michael J. Lee -- Lung secondaries / David Currow and Christine Sanderson -- Hypercalcaemia / Niklas Zojer and Martin Pecherstorfer -- Spinal cord compression / Nora Janjan ... [et al.] -- Pain relief / Maria Montoya and Eduardo Bruera -- Malignant bowel obstruction / Sebastiano Mercadante -- Breathlessness / Lara Alloway, Vaughan Keely, and Irene Higginson -- Delirium / Miriam Friedlander and David Kissane -- Weight loss / Aminah Jatoi and Phuong L. Nguyen -- Cancer-related fatigue / Tugba Yavuzsen and Mellar P. Davis -- Prognostication in the imminently dying patient / James Stevenson and John Ellershaw.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008275198
ISBN9780198530220 :
ISBN0198530226