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Medical Oncology

Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Advanced Cancer Patients

edited by Carla Ripamonti & Eduardo Bruera

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2002
Category
Oncology
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780192632845
    Publish Date
    Aug 2002
    List Price
    $360.00

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Description

Gastrointestinal symptoms such as anorexia-cachexia, chronic nausea, vomiting and bowel obstruction are highly distressing for patients with advanced cancer. Approximately one in three adults will be diagnosed with cancer in their lives and approximately fifty per cent of them will die because of malignancy. More than eighty per cent of patients who die of cancer will present severe gastrointestinal symptoms before death. This book presents detailed, evidence-based information on each of the gastrointestinal symptoms for a multi-disciplinary audience. Comprehensive guidelines have been included on how to assess the patient, in order to ensure effective treatment, in which prescribing is tailored to the cause of the symptoms and to the patient's individual needs. The book recognises that the aim of good cancer management and palliative care is to assess, diagnose, manage and treat these symptoms to ensure best quality of life.

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Contributor Notes

Carla Ripamonti, Vice Director of Pain Therapy and Palliative Care at the National Cancer Institute, Italy Eduardo Bruera, Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA

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