Main description:

Finally, a concise pocket guide designed as a quick reference for busy clinicians who seek to improve the care they provide to cancer patients and cancer survivors. It is a comprehensive text formatted for fast access to a wide range of clinical information. This compact compendium is conveniently organized by cancer type for rapid review. It describes the many issues that cancer patients may face throughout the chronologic spectrum of care, starting from cancer diagnosis, to treatment, and survivorship.

Each chapter helpfully highlights common impairments and treatment options using succinct tables, helpful illustrations and clinical peals from experts in the field. In addition, each chapter contains a clinical case and questions on the material to enhance understanding. Evidence for exercise treatment, including pertinent exercise precautions, is included, as are innovative research topics and emerging treatments. This includes dedicated chapters covering cancers of the breast; digestive organs; brain, eye, and central nervous system; urinary tract and genital organs; lip, oral cavity, and pharynx; lymphoid, hematopoietic, and related tissues; bone, articular cartilage, and soft tissues; respiratory and intrathoracic organs; skin.

Thankfully, advances in cancer care such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery mean that more people than ever before are surviving long after their cancer diagnosis. Unfortunately, a large fraction of them live with at least one serious impairment as a consequence of their treatments that seriously impacts their ability to function and quality of life. This concise and essential guide to cancer rehabilitation will help the clinician navigate the care of this often complex population.

Contents:

Introduction: Impairment-based Cancer Rehabilitation by Type of CancerBreast Cancer: Evidence along Continuum of Care-Prehab through RehabCancer of the Digestive Organs: Importance of Mobility for MotilityCancer of the Brain, Eye, and other Parts of the Central Nervous System: Asymmetric Weakness, Cognition, VisionCancer of the Urinary Tract and Genital Organs: Female and MaleCancer of the Lip, Oral Cavity, and Pharynx: Disorders of Communication and SwallowingCancer of the Lymphoid, Hematopietic, and Related Tissue: Infection Prevention, Exercise PrecautionsCancer of the Bone, Articular Cartilage, Mesothelial and Soft Tissue: Limb Salvage and AmputationCancer of the Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs: EnduranceCancer of the Skin: Prevention DataConclusion: Innovative Research.