Cancer Stem Cells and the Microenvironment

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Figure 10-1 The tumor microenvironment Elevated levels of cytokines/growth factors produced by tumor cells enhance the proliferation and survival of cancer stem cells, induce angiogenesis, and recruit tumor-associated macrophages, neutrophils,…

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Infectious Agents and Cancer

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 6 Infectious Agents and Cancer Peter M. Howley Overview of Cancer and Infectious Agents Infectious agents are second only to tobacco use as a potentially preventable cause of…

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Health Economic and Outcomes Research in Cancer

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Fig. 17.1 The Iron Triangle of Health Policy (Source: Kissick [11]. Skrepnek [10]) 17.3 Systems Approaches to Defining and Achieving Quality in Health Care Through the development of the structure-process-outcome…

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Sleep Disorders

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Sleep disorder Definition Presenting symptom Insomnia Difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep that causes significant daytime impairment or distress for 3 months or more Patient complains of difficulty falling asleep, staying…

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Palliative Care

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Fig. 5.1 The multidisciplinary team to provide support to the patient and family (Created by Briana Ketterer, MD) With the many members of a palliative care team, there are a…

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Patient Navigation and Supportive Cancer Care

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Tasks Identification and mitigation of barriers with patients Networks Interactions with a specific patient and/or with providers within and outside immediate location Navigating tasks Examples Network categories Examples Telling Explaining…

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Hospitality Houses for Cancer Patients: The Editha House Perspective

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Resource Source Description Housing Editha House www.​edithahouse.​org Affordable, temporary housing for adult patients and caregivers in Phoenix, AZ Healthcare Hospitality Network www.​hhnetwork.​org Nationwide association of nonprofit organizations that provide lodging…

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Cancer Survivorship in the Digital Age

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016David Alberts, Maria Lluria-Prevatt, Stephanie Kha and Karen Weihs (eds.)Supportive Cancer Care10.1007/978-3-319-24814-1_16 16. Cancer Survivorship in the Digital Age Ana Maria Lopez1, 2, 3   (1) Associate Vice President for Health Equity and Inclusion, University…

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