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. INDICE: SECTION I. FOUNDATIONS/PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN ONCOLOGY Chapter 1: Definition of Palliative Care Include: What is palliative care? How does palliative care differ from standard oncologic care? How does palliative care augment traditional oncologic care? Chapter 2: An introduction to Prognostication Also include prognostication in each of the chapters in Section II Chapter 3: Basic Communication Frameworks Include evidence basis for communication, Serious Illness Conversation Project and Vitaltalk Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Difficult Conversations Chapter 5: Symptom Management: Pain and Physical Symptoms Chapter 6: Management of Psychosocial and Spiritual Distress Chapter 7: Models of Multidisciplinary Management Include: - how to integrate palliative care into broader oncologic care (integration with surgery, med onc, etc.) and a separate section on models for delivery of palliative radiotherapy - how best to integrate SECTION II. FOUNDATIONS/PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE RADIATION BY BODY SITE AND MANAGEMENT OF TREATMENT-RELATED TOXICITIES Chapter 8: Palliative Radiation When is it worth it and when is it not? Chapter 9: Oligometastases Chapter 10: Brain: Metastatic and Non-Metastatic Chapter 11: Head and Neck Chapter 12: Thorax Chapter 13: Breast/Chest wall/Skin Chapter 14: Abdomen Chapter 15: Pelvis Chapter 16: Extremities Chapter 17: Pediatrics: CNS and Non-CNS Chapter 18: Hematologic Malignancies (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma) Chapter 19: Bone Chapter 20: Spine Include in each chapter symptom management by site, broadly and radiation-induced side effects SECTION III. TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIES Chapter 21: Selecting Modalities Include SRS - CNS/extracranial; IMRT/IGRT, SBRT Chapter 22: Selecting Doses Chapter 23: Selecting Volume Chapter 24: Simple Techniques for Simulation and Treatment Chapter 25: Non-Traditional Modalities for Palliation Include IORT, brachy, hyperthermia, protons Chapter 26: Considerations Involving Re-Irradiation
- ISBN: 978-0-323-87688-9
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 656
- Fecha Publicación: 26/05/2023
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés