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.