Format:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 534 p. 199 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9783540681526
Series Statement:
Pediatric Oncology
Content:
"This is the first comprehensive book devoted exclusively to cancer in adolescents and young adults. It compiles medical, epidemiological, biological, psychological, and emotional issues of young adults' oncology. The emphasis is on the differences of the ""same"" cancer in younger and older patients. Model programs specially designed to care for patients in the age group and surveillance of long-term adverse effects are reviewed."
Content:
Talks about cancer from age 15 to 2, including epidemiology. This book presents the general differences in prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment. The emphasis is on how the cancer in the age group differs from the 'same' cancer in younger and older patients
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Front Matter; Introduction; History of Adolescent Oncology; Epidemiology and Etiology of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults; Access to Care Before and During Therapy; Older Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, and Clinical Trials: Lack of Participation and Progress in North America; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; Hodgkin Lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; Central Nervous System Tumors; Soft-Tissue Sarcomas; Bone Sarcomas; Malignancies of the Ovary; Testicular Tumors; Non-Germ-Cell Genitourinary Tract Tumors; Thyroid Cancer; Malignant Melanoma; Breast Cancer
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Liver TumorsColorectal Cancer; Models of Care and Specialized Units; Drug Compliance by Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: Challenges for the Physician; Psychological Support; Psychosocial Support; Health-Related Quality of Life; Rehabilitation and Exercise; Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Late Effects of Treatment; Ethical Issues for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patient: Assent and End-of-Life Care; Access to Care after Therapy; Future Health of Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer
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Information and Resources for Young Adults and Adolescents with CancerMaking Ends Meet: Financial Issues from the Perspectives of Patients and Their Healthcare Team; Challenges and Opportunities - The Way Ahead; Back Matter
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Introduction / W. Archie Bleyer ... [et al.]History of adolescent oncology / Cameron K. Tebbi -- Epidemiology and etiology of cancer in adolescents and young adults / Jillian M. Birch and W. Archie Bleyer -- Access to care before and during therapy / Karen H. Albritton and Tim Eden -- Older adolescents and young adults with cancer, and clinical trials: lack of participation and progress in North America / W. Archie Bleyer, Troy Budd, and Michael Montello -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia / James Nachman, Giuseppe Masera, and W. Archie Bleyer -- Acute myelogenous leukemia / Ursula Creutzig and William G. Woods -- Hodgkin lymphoma / Tanya M. Trippett ... [et al.] -- Non-hodgkin lymphoma / Catherine Patte, W. Archie Bleyer, and Mitchell S. Cairo -- Central nervous system tumors in adolescents and young adults / David A. Walker ... [et al.] -- Soft-tissue sarcomas / Karen H. Albritton, Andrea Ferrari, and Michela Casanova -- Bone sarcomas / Michael S. Isakoff ... [et al.] -- Malignancies of the ovary / Jubilee Brown, Thomas Olson, and Susan Sencer -- Testicuar tumors / John W. Cullen and Robert Fallon -- Non-germ-cell genitourinary tract tumors / Michael Leahy and W. Archie Bleyer -- Thyroid cancer / Steven G. Waguespack and Samuel A. Wells -- Malignant melanoma / Cynthia E. Herzog, W. Archie Bleyer, and Alberto S. Pappo -- Breast cancer / Marianne Phillips, Banu Arun, and W. Archie Bleyer -- Liver tumors / Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Arthur Zimmermann, and Jack Plaschkes -- Colorectal cancer / Wayne L. Furman, D. Ashley Hill, and Michael LaQuaglia -- Models of care and specialized units / Ian Lewis and Sue Morgan -- Drug compliance by adolescent and young adult cancer patients: challenges for the physician / Benjamin Gesundheit ... [et al.] -- Psychological support for adolescents and young adults / Christine Eiser and Aura Kuperberg -- Psychosocial support / Brad J. Zebrack, Mark A. Chesler, and Anthony Penn -- Health-related quality of life / Ernest R. Katz ... [et al.] -- Rehabilitation and exercise / Marilyn J. Wright -- Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: late effects of treatment / Smita Bhatia ... [et al.] -- Ethical issues for the adolescent and young adult cancer patient: assent and end-of-life care / Susan Shurin and Eric Kodish -- Access to care after therapy / Karen E. Kinahan ... [et al.] -- Future health of survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer / Melissa M. Hudson and Kevin C. Oeffinger -- Information and resources for young adults and adolescents with cancer / David R. Freyer and Leonard J. Mattano -- Making ends meet: financial issues from the perspectives of patients and their healthcare team / David R. Freyer and Ronald D. Barr -- Challenges and opportunities -- the way ahead / W. Archie Bleyer ... [et al.].
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540408420
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Cancer in adolescents and young adults Berlin : Springer, 2007 ISBN 3540408428
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540408420
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
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;
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;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-68152-6
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