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Title Palliative care consultations in advanced breast cancer / edited by Sara Booth
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations
Series Palliative care consultations
Palliative care consultations.
Contents Current management of advanced breast cancer / Mahesh Iddawela [and others] -- Pain control in advanced local disease / Angela Bentley and Marie Fallon -- Psychological and social issues for patients with advanced breast cancer / Elizabeth A. Grunfeld -- The management of odours and wounds in advanced local disease / Kathryn G. Froiland -- The assessment and management of lymphoedema / Benedict Konzen and Ki Y. Shin -- The management of carcinomatous meningitis in advanced breast cancer / Gillian Whitfield, Christina Faull, and Helena Earl -- The management of fatigue in breast cancer / Catherine Sweeney -- The use of bisphosphonates in the management of advanced breast cancer / A.H.G. Paterson -- The management of pain and other complications from bone metastases / Yolanda Zuriarrain Reyna and Eduardo Bruera -- The management of malignant pleural effusions in breast cancer / Scott A. North, Anil A. Joy, and John R. Mackey
Summary Designed to give busy clinicians and practitioners immediate easy-to-access and practical advice on clinical problems which may arise in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. This text provides current guidelines for management from an expert team of palliative care specialists and oncologists
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Breast -- Cancer -- Palliative treatment
Breast -- Cancer -- Complications
Breast Neoplasms -- therapy
Breast Neoplasms -- complications
Palliative Care -- methods
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Breast -- Cancer -- Complications
Breast -- Cancer -- Palliative treatment
Oncology.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Form Electronic book
Author Booth, Sara (Consultant in palliative medicine)
LC no. 2005019521
ISBN 142374327X
9781423743279
9786611015848
6611015841
9780198530756
0198530757
9780191730481
0191730483