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Lung Cancer

  • 1st Edition
  • August 24, 2023
  • Erin Alexis Gillaspie + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Care of the lung cancer patient—screening, diagnosis, and treatment—has undergone recent dramatic changes due to technologic and research-driven advances. Lung Cancer: An Evidence-Based Approach to Multidisciplinary Management covers every aspect of this fast-changing field, including new screening guidelines, new practice standards, and new treatment advances that have led to higher survival rates. This practical, clinically oriented resource provides thorough, evidence-based coverage from experts in the field, including the increasingly important precision medicine approach in lung cancer planning and management. 

Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing

  • 7th Edition
  • June 30, 2023
  • Oncology Nursing Society + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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This definitive resource for the specialty of oncology nursing will help you prepare for oncology nursing practice and for OCN® certification! The Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 7th Edition is the definitive resource for the specialty of oncology nursing, developed in collaboration with the Oncology Nursing Society. Organized to follow the OCN® Exam blueprint, this book covers the entire scope of oncology nursing, including screening and the continuum of cancer care, the scientific basis for practice, types of cancer, treatment modalities, palliation of symptoms, and cultural and spiritual care. An overview of each problem includes assessment, management, and expected patient outcomes. Edited by a team of oncology nursing experts led by Jeannine M. Brant and written in a streamlined outline format, the Core Curriculum is the #1 resource for the specialty of oncology nursing, for initial OCN® certification, and for OCN® recertification.

Ciblage thérapeutique en oncologie

  • 1st Edition
  • May 26, 2023
  • Jacques Robert
  • French
  • eBook
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En intervenant sur les mécanismes de la transformation maligne (oncogenèse et progression des cancers), les thérapies ciblées ont profondément renouvelé l’approche thérapeutique des cancers, constituant un traitement étiologique, par rapport aux traitements symptomatiques proposés jusqu’alors (c’est-à-dire la destruction des cellules cancéreuses pour empêcher leur multiplication).Après avoir rappelé les bases biologiques nécessaires pour comprendre l’action et les indications des thérapies ciblées, en détaillant les altérations moléculaires à l’origine des cancers (voies de signalisation, étapes du cycle cellulaire, réparations de l’ADN, interactions entre les cellules de l’immunité et les cellules cancéreuses, etc.), l’ouvrage expose les principes généraux de la prescription des thérapies ciblées puis explique, pour les principales localisations des cancers, quand et comment les prescrire : le choix des médicaments ; le moment de leur prescription (en première intention, en phase de maintien, ou pour lutter contre le développement de métastases) ; sa place dans l’arsenal thérapeutique disponible (avant ou après une intervention chirurgicale, avec ou à la place d’une chimiothérapie ou d’une radiothérapie).Grâce à une rédaction claire et accessible, et en s’appuyant sur de nombreux schémas didactiques, l’ouvrage apporte à tous les praticiens impliqués dans le traitement des cancers les éléments théoriques et pratiques nécessaires à la compréhension du mode d’action des thérapies ciblées et à leur prescription en pratique clinique, pour offrir les meilleures opportunités thérapeutiques aux patients.POINTS CLÉS¿ Toutes les bases biologiques nécessaires pour comprendre le mode d’action des thérapies ciblées.¿ La place des thérapies ciblées par rapport aux autres traitements disponibles.¿ Quand et comment prescrire une thérapie cible en pratique clinique.

Advances in Oncology, 2023

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3-1
  • April 13, 2023
  • Leonidas C. Platanias
  • English
  • Hardback
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Advances in Oncology reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide practicing oncologists with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Leonidas C. Platanias, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in oncology inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.

Clinical Immuno-Oncology

  • 1st Edition
  • March 5, 2023
  • John E. Niederhuber
  • English
  • Hardback
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Offering focused, practical, and up-to-date content on immunotherapies used to treat a wide variety of cancer types, Clinical Immuno-Oncology covers the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in cancer initiation and progression. The text reviews the development of tumor specific antigens and the challenges of developing cancer immunotherapies. Every effort is made to relate the fundamental aspects of host immunity to the efficacy of current immunotherapies and how they work in conjunction with the immune system to combat cancer. This foundational resource explains the basics of cancer immunotherapy, discusses best practices, and provides recommendations from experienced clinicians in the field. Dr. John E. Niederhuber and a team of expert contributing authors provide clinically focused information essential for integrating these new therapies into practice—making this an ideal resource for fellows, practitioners, and other cancer team members in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer surgery, immunology, and cancer research. 

Palliative Radiation Oncology

  • 1st Edition
  • December 29, 2022
  • Neha Vapiwala + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Offering practical, comprehensive coverage of the many nuanced technical and clinical aspects of this growing field, Palliative Radiation Oncology provides up-to-date clinical guidance in a thorough yet concise manner. In an easy-access format, it integrates basic science, pathologies, and research with clinical applications, covering different ways to approach problems, tumor assessment, precise target definition, and dosing-specific guidelines to minimize side effects/toxicities while balancing with desired outcomes. 

Manual of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies

  • 1st Edition
  • December 23, 2022
  • Qaiser Bashir + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Led by authors from MD Anderson’s Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Department, the world’s largest and highly respected program at the forefront of rapidly advancing treatments in the field, Manual of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies is a comprehensive, focused reference covering the latest clinical developments and applications of stem cell transplant and cellular therapies for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. This cutting-edge title, with a majority contribution from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and leading faculty from other academic institutions, covers breakthrough cell-based therapies for various diseases including lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, and select solid tumor and autoimmune diseases. This unique, definitive resource is essential for hematologists, fellows in hematology and immunotherapy, mid-level providers, pharmacists, and oncologists who refer patients for cell-based therapies. 

Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Heath, 2022

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2-1
  • September 13, 2022
  • Deepak Prabhakar
  • English
  • Hardback
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Advances in Psychiatry reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide clinicians with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Deepak Prabhakar, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in psychiatry inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.

Oncology Rehabilitation

  • 1st Edition
  • July 23, 2022
  • Deborah Doherty + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Use evidence-based intervention techniques to care for persons diagnosed and living with and beyond cancer! Oncology Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Clinicians describes the adverse effects caused by cancer treatment and shows how to use oncology rehabilitation to optimize the quality of life for persons living with and beyond cancer at all stages of life. Guidelines help you build skills in pre-diagnosis, prevention of cancer-related fatigue and pain, active treatment, and end-of-life care, all as an integral part of an interdisciplinary cancer management team. Written by physical therapists for physical therapists, this text provides best practices for manual therapy, exercise testing and exercise programs, and treatment of adverse effects by body system throughout the patient’s cancer journey.

Advances in Oncology, 2022

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2-1
  • May 10, 2022
  • Leonidas C. Platanias
  • English
  • Hardback
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Advances in Oncology reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the cancer field for the practicing oncologist. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Leonidas C. Platanias, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in oncology inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.