Advanced cancer : pain and quality of life

An estimated 166,400 new cases of cancer occur in Canada in 2008. Bone metastases unfortunately remain a common site of recurrence, with breast and prostate cancer patients representing a substantial proportion of this population. Metastatic bone disease is associated with significant morbidity and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chow, Edward (Author), Merrick, Joav , 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers , c2010
Series:Health and human development
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Psychodynamic pain management for cancer patients
  • 2. Improving cancer pain management in the home
  • 3. Registered nurse awareness of and practice related to cancer pain
  • 4. The relationship factors between radiation oncologists and hospice professionals that influence cancer pain palliation
  • 5. Bisphosphonates in combination with radiotherapy for the treatment of bone metastases
  • 6. Are baseline ESAS symptoms related to pain response in patients treated with palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases?
  • 7. Improvement of symptoms following palliative radiation for bone metastases
  • 8. Pain flare following palliative radiotherapy for symptomatic bone metastases
  • 9. Exploring the optimal definitions of partial response and pain progression in patients receiving radiation treatment for painful bone metastases
  • 10. Post procedure radiation therapy after kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty/cementoplasty for bony metastatic disease
  • 11. Skeletal related events in patients with metastatic bone disease
  • 12. A critical discussion of symptom clusters in metastatic cancer
  • 13. Meaningful change in pain scores in the treatment of bone metastases
  • 14. Multidisciplinary approach to metastatic bone disease
  • 15. Gender difference in patients with advanced cancer
  • 16. Is it possible to predict the survival of patients with advanced metastatic cancer?
  • 17. Projected referral for an out-patient palliative radiotherapy clinic
  • 18. Utilization of performance scales in an outpatient palliative radiation oncology clinic
  • 19. Can we measure quality of life for patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC)?
  • 20. The European Organization for Research & Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Group Bone Metastases Module (EORTC QLQ-BM22) questionnaire
  • 21. Quality of life issues in patients with bone metastases
  • 22. Bone metastases quality of life instrument tool
  • 23. Surgical stabilization of severely destructive upper cervical lytic bone metastases
  • 24. Simple bracing for the relief of intractable pain
  • 25. Cemented hemiarthroplasty, percutaneous acetabular cementoplasty and post operative radiation for a high risk lesion of the hip
  • 26. Remineralization of an impending fracture from an osteolytic metastasis in a breast cancer patient from palliative radiotherapy and bisphosphonate
  • 27. About the editors
  • 28. About the Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
  • 29. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human development in Israel
  • 30. About the book series "health and human development"