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Supportive Cancer Care

  • Provides an interdisciplinary model for future cancer supportive care programs

  • Covers many aspects of supportive care associated with cancer survivorship

  • Represents an excellent resource for both oncologists and primary care providers

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • David Alberts, Maria Lluria-Prevatt, Stephanie Kha, Karen Weihs
    Pages 1-7
  3. Patient Navigation and Supportive Cancer Care

    • Pamela J. Haylock
    Pages 9-43
  4. Psychosocial Oncology

    • Karen Weihs
    Pages 45-55
  5. Psychosocial Services/Management of Depression

    • Jesse R. Fann, Samantha B. Artherholt, Victoria Evans
    Pages 57-76
  6. Palliative Care

    • Suzanne M. Rhodes, Jennifer Gabbard, Ateefa Chaudhury, Briana Ketterer, Ellyn M. Lee
    Pages 77-95
  7. Survivorship Care Planning

    • Darcy Burbage
    Pages 97-109
  8. Fundamentals of Cancer Pain Management

    • Thomas J. Smith, Joe O’Neil
    Pages 111-126
  9. Breakthrough Cancer Pain

    • Thomas W. LeBlanc, Lynn J. Howie, Amy P. Abernethy
    Pages 127-137
  10. Delayed Nausea/Emesis

    • Lisa M. Bean, Steve Plaxe
    Pages 139-162
  11. Fatigue

    • Gayle Jameson, Daniel Von Hoff
    Pages 163-181
  12. Changes in Cognitive Function Related to Chemotherapy

    • Lisa M. Hess, Steven Chin
    Pages 183-206
  13. Sleep Disorders

    • Ann M. Berger, Jennifer N. Miller, Marcia Y. Shade
    Pages 207-221
  14. Nutrition and the Cancer Survivor

    • Mary Marian, Dianne Piepenburg
    Pages 223-239
  15. Symptom Management: Weight Gain

    • Jennifer W. Bea, Hendrik D. De Heer, Anna L. Schwartz
    Pages 241-269
  16. Genetic Counseling and Risk Assessment

    • Joanne M. Jeter
    Pages 271-279
  17. Cancer Survivorship in the Digital Age

    • Ana Maria Lopez
    Pages 281-290
  18. Health Economic and Outcomes Research in Cancer

    • Grant H. Skrepnek
    Pages 291-316
  19. Hospitality Houses for Cancer Patients: The Editha House Perspective

    • Mary L. Gauwitz, Sadhna D. Bokhiria
    Pages 317-329

About this book

This textbook provides a highly coordinated, interdisciplinary model for future clinical cancer supportive care programs in National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Clinical and Comprehensive Cancer Centers and NCI Community Oncology Research Programs (NCORPs). At the same time, it is intended to serve as an up-to-date resource for oncologists and primary care providers that addresses the many aspects of supportive care associated with cancer survivorship. Accordingly, the book covers a wide range of areas and topics, including but not limited to patient navigation, psychosocial oncology, patient and family education, lifestyle change counseling, palliative care, symptom management (eg. Pain control), cancer risk and genetic counseling, and financial planning.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA

    David Alberts, Maria Lluria-Prevatt, Karen Weihs

  • University of Arizona Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA

    Stephanie Kha

About the editors

Professor Alberts is Director Emeritus of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, in Tucson, AZ and CO Chair of the Cancer Prevention and Control Committee in NRG Oncology, the largest National Cancer Institute funded clinical trials research group. He has been at the forefront of cancer prevention and supportive care research for more than four decades and has authored more than 700 scientific articles in cancer journals and books. In 2003, 2004, and 2014, respectively, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) honored him with their 8th Annual Joseph H Burchenal Award for Clinical Research, their 3rd Annual Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research and their 2nd Annual Award for being a Pioneer in Cancer Prevention. 

Dr. Prevatt is currently a Research Administrator at the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) where she received her doctorate in Cancer Biology.  Her research work focused on cancer prevention, specifically in skin and women’s cancer. Dr. Prevatt authored several manuscripts and book chapters in the field of cancer prevention.  Her current role at the UACC involves the administration of grants involved in prevention of women’s cancer and health disparities.

Stephanie Kha is a medical student at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Biochem

istry from the University of Arizona, where she also led a student health advocacy committee and pursued cancer research in the lab of Dr. David Alberts, MD. She is a recipient of the UA Robert L. Nugent Medal and the Walter and Adelheid Hohenstein Fellowship from the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. 

Dr. Karen Weihs is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, where she directs the multidisciplinary clinical service, Supportive Care for Healing, at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. She is the President of the American Psychosomatic Society and Principal Investigator with R01 funding from the National Cancer Institute for the project “Emotion Regulation and Depression in Breast Cancer Survivorship”.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Supportive Cancer Care

  • Editors: David Alberts, Maria Lluria-Prevatt, Stephanie Kha, Karen Weihs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24814-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24812-7Published: 11 February 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24814-1Published: 02 February 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 346

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Primary Care Medicine, Nursing

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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