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Clinical Guide to Cancer Nursing, Fifth Edition

Author(s): Connie Henke Yarbro, MS, RN, FAAN, Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri, Editor, Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Margaret Hansen Frogge, RN, MS, Riverside Health Care, Rush University
Michelle Goodman, RN, MS, Rush University Medical Center
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763718091
  • ISBN-10:0763718092
  • Paperback    464 pages      © 2002
Price: International Sales $75.95 US List
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Overview

This clinical manual is a quick yet thorough reference for any nurse caring for patients with cancer. Derived from Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Fifth Edition, the content has been thoroughly updated to reflect current practice and is presented in an abbreviated outline format for clinical utility. It can be used as an independent handbook or as a clinical companion to the main text.

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Completely updated for current oncology nursing practice
Includes contributions from nationally recognized oncology experts
Portable outline format provides quick and easy access to important information

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PART I: THE CANCER PROBLEM
Chapter 1: Biology of Cancer
Chapter 2: Immunology
Chapter 3: Carcinogenesis
Chapter 4: Epidemiology

PART II: PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND DIAGNOSIS
Chapter 5: Dynamics of Cancer Prevention
Chapter 6: Counseling on Genetic Risk for Cancer
Chapter 7: Diagnostic Evaluation, Classification, and Staging

PART III: TREATMENT
Chapter 8: Principles of Treatment Planning and Clinical Research
Chapter 9: Surgical Therapy
Chapter 10: Radiation Therapy
Chapter 11: Chemotherapy
Chapter 12: Principles of Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Chapter 13: Biotherapy
Chapter 14: Gene Therapy
Chapter 15: Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
Chapter 16: Alternative Methods and Complementary Therapies in Cancer Management

PART IV: SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 17: Bleeding Disorders
Chapter 18: Fatigue
Chapter 19: Hypercalcemia
Chapter 20: Infection
Chapter 21: Malignant Cerebral Edema
Chapter 22: Malignant Peritoneal Effusion
Chapter 23: Malignant Pleural Effusion
Chapter 24: Nutritional Disturbances
Chapter 25: Assessment of Cancer Pain
Chapter 26: Management of Cancer Pain

PART V: ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES or ACUTE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 27: Cardiac Tamponade
Chapter 28: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Chapter 29: Septic Shock
Chapter 30: Spinal Cord Compression
Chapter 31: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Chapter 32: Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
Chapter 33: Tumor Lysis Syndrome

PART VI: THE CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH CANCER
Chapter 34: AIDS-Related Malignancies                 
Chapter 35: Bladder Cancer
Chapter 36: Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Chapter 37: Breast Cancer
Chapter 38: Central Nervous System Cancers
Chapter 39: Cervical Cancer
Chapter 40: Colorectal Cancer
Chapter 41: Endocrine Cancers
Chapter 42: Endometrial Cancers
Chapter 43: Esophageal Cancers
Chapter 44: Gallbladder Cancer
Chapter 45: Head and Neck Malignancies
Chapter 46: Hodgkin’s Disease
Chapter 47: Cancer of the Kidney
Chapter 48: Leukemias
Chapter 49: Liver Cancer
Chapter 50: Lung Cancer
Chapter 51: Multiple Myeloma
Chapter 52: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Chapter 53: Ovarian Cancer
Chapter 54: Pancreatic Cancer
Chapter 55: Prostate Cancer
Chapter 56: Skin Cancer
Chapter 57: Stomach Cancer
Chapter 58: Testicular Cancer
Chapter 59: Vaginal Cancer
Chapter 60: Vulvar Cancer


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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Connie Henke Yarbro, MS, RN, FAAN-Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri, Editor, Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Connie Henke Yarbro, RN, MS, FAAN, is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Sinclair School of Nursing and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Oncology Nursing.  One of the founders of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 1975, she served as the first Treasurer (1975-1979) and President of the ONS (1979-1983).  In 1981, she founded the ONS Foundation and served as President from 1982-1988.  She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Community Cancer Centers, the American Association for Cancer Education, advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Pharmacopeia, and numerous other committees and advisory panels.  She is one of three editors of the comprehensive textbook of oncology nursing, Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice (7th ed), Cancer Symptom Management (3rd ed), Oncology Nursing Review (4th ed),  Breast Care Certification Review, and co-editor of Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting and Cancer Pain Management (2nd ed).  She has published over 90 articles and book chapters on topics related to cancer nursing and care, and is a national and international lecturer.  She is Past President of the International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), served on the Medical Advisory Board of CancerSource.com, the Board of Directors for the Center for Biomedical Continuing Education, and the Alternative and Complementary Methods of Cancer Management Committee of the American Cancer Society.  She has received numerous local, national and international awards.

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Margaret Hansen Frogge, RN, MS-Riverside Health Care, Rush University

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Michelle Goodman, RN, MS-Rush University Medical Center

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