Handbook of Geriatric Oncology (PDF)

Handbook of Geriatric Oncology (PDF)

by William P. Tew, MD, and Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, Editors_0

Oncologists and other clinicians who desire to offer comprehensive , patient-centered care to elderly cancer patients can use the Handbook of Geriatric Oncology : Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient as a practical reference .

It covers topics such as an introduction to aging and frailty , geriatric syndromes , geriatric assessment , select cancers in the elderly , communication with the older cancer patient , the nursing home patient with cancer and models of care : Survivorship , Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine . It is divided into nine condensed sections .

With the aid of practical clinical advice and clinical pearls , complicated issues like the physiologic changes of aging and their impact on cancer , corresponding social and psychological aspects of aging and a cancer diagnosis , frailty assessment , managing comorbid conditions and diseases , effective communication among health care providers , the patient and caregivers , as well as the risks and benefits of cancer screening , are made simpler . This book is the go-to resource for oncologists and related clinicians to address the needs of clinical management along the continuum of geriatric cancer treatment . It was spearheaded by world experts in geriatric oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York .

Key Elements

explains the best ways to evaluate geriatric syndromes such functional dependency , falls , cognitive impairment and dementia , delirium , melancholy and anxiety , social isolation , as well as syndromes related to nutrition , concomitant disorders and polypharmacy . includes useful advice on how and when to treat cancer in elderly persons .

explains the special aspects that affect care plans and therapy for older people with breast cancer , prostate cancer , colorectal cancer , lung cancer , ovarian cancer , bladder cancer , pancreatic cancer , head and neck malignancies and myelodysplastic syndromes .

Handbook of Geriatric Oncology (PDF)

See Also: Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology (Original PDF from Publisher)