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Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Seventh 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
Debra Wujcik, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Administrative Director Clinical Trials Shared Resource, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Barbara Holmes Gobel, RN, MS, AOCN, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763763572
  • Hardcover    1946 pages      © 2011
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A new and revised version of this best-selling reference!

For more than eighteen years, best-selling Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice has provided oncology nurses with the latest information on new trends in the rapidly changing science of oncology. Now, in its Seventh Edition, Cancer Nursing has been completely revised and updated to reflect key new developments. New topics covered include targeted therapy, hypersensitivity reactions, mucositis, and family and caregiver issues. With 27 new chapters featuring insights from key authors, the Seventh Edition is a must-have resource for every oncology nurse. 

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Part I  The Cancer Problem
  Chapter 1  Biology of Cancer
  Chapter 2  Immunology
  Chapter 3  Epidemiology
Part II  Prevention, Detection, and Diagnosis
  Chapter 4  Cultural Diversity In Individuals with Cancer
  Chapter 5  Dynamics of Cancer Prevention
  Chapter 6  Screening Detection for Asymptomatic Individuals
  Chapter 7  Genetic Risk for Cancer
  Chapter 8  Diagnostic Evaluation, Classification, and Staging
Part III  Treatment
  Chapter 9  Quality of Life as an Outcome of Cancer Care
  Chapter 10  Principles of Clinical Research and Development
  Chapter 11  Surgical Therapy
  Chapter 12  Radiotherapy: Principles
  Chapter 13  Radiotherapy: Administration and Techniques
  Chapter 14  Radiotherapy: Toxicities and Management
  Chapter 15  Chemotherapy Principles
  Chapter 16  Chemotherapy Administration
  Chapter 17  Chemotherapy Toxicities and Management
  Chapter 18  Principles and Techniques of Blood and Marrow Transplant
  Chapter 19  Care of Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow and Blood Cell Transplantation
  Chapter 20  Biotherapy
  Chapter 21  Targeted Therapy
  Chapter 22  Gene Therapy
  Chapter 23  Hematopoietic Therapy
  Chapter 24  Complementary Therapies
Part IV  Cancer Symptom Management
  Chapter 25  Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
  Chapter 26  Cancer-Related Distress
  Chapter 27  Cancer Pain
  Chapter 28  Infection
  Chapter 29  Bleeding
  Chapter 30  Fatigue
  Chapter 31  Hypersensitivity Reactions
  Chapter 32  Mucositis
  Chapter 33  Nutritional Disturbances
  Chapter 34  Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  Chapter 35  Malignant Effusions
  Chapter 36  Sexual and Reproductive Alteration
Part V  Oncologic Emergencies
  Chapter 37  Cardiac Tamponade
  Chapter 38  Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  Chapter 39  Hypercalcemia
  Chapter 40  Septic Shock
  Chapter 41  Spinal Cord Compression
  Chapter 42  Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
  Chapter 43  Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
  Chapter 44  Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Part VI  The Care of Individuals with Specific Cancers
  Chapter 45  AIDS-Related Malignancies
  Chapter 46  Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
  Chapter 47  Bladder Cancer
  Chapter 48  Breast Cancer
  Chapter 49  Central Nervous System Cancers
  Chapter 50  Cervical Cancer
  Chapter 51  Colorectal Cancer
  Chapter 52  Endocrine Malignancies
  Chapter 53  Endometrial Cancer
  Chapter 54  Esophageal Cancer
  Chapter 55  Gallbladder Cancer
  Chapter 56  Head and Neck Cancers
  Chapter 57  Leukemia
  Chapter 58  Liver Cancer
  Chapter 59  Lung Cancer
  Chapter 60  Lymphomas
  Chapter 61  Multiple Myeloma
  Chapter 62  Ovarian Cancer
  Chapter 63  Pancreatic Cancer
  Chapter 64  Prostate Cancer
  Chapter 65  Renal Cancer
  Chapter 66  Skin Cancers
  Chapter 67  Stomach Cancer
  Chapter 68  Testicular Cancer
  Chapter 69  Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer
Part VII  Dimensions of Cancer Survivorship
  Chapter 70  Cancer Survivorship
  Chapter 71  Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
  Chapter 72  Family and Caregiver Issues
  Chapter 73  Spiritual and Ethical Concerns
Part VIII  Palliative Care and End of Life
  Chapter 74  Principles and Issues in Palliative Care
  Chapter 75  Care During the Final Days of Life
Part IX  Professional Issues for the Cancer Nurse
  Chapter 76  Advanced Practice Nursing
  Chapter 77  Legal Issues
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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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Debra Wujcik, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN-Administrative Director Clinical Trials Shared Resource, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Debra Wujcik is the Interim Administrative Director of the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Clinical Trials Shared Resource and the Director of Clinical Trials at Meharry. She is also an Associate Professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.  Dr. Wujcik has multiple presentations and publications in clinical areas of expertise including targeted cancer therapies and cancer clinical trials and recently co-edited the 7th Edition of Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice.  She is the editor of ONS Connect, the news magazine of the Oncology Nursing Society. Dr. Wujcik received her BSN and MSN from the University of Pittsburgh and her PhD from the University of Utah. Her research focuses on identifying and decreasing barriers to clinical trial participation and cancer screening in minority and medically underserved populations. 

 

Barbara Holmes Gobel, RN, MS, AOCN-Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

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