© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Lawrence Berk (ed.)Dying and Death in Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-41861-2_7 7. Religious Views of the Afterlife Christopher M. Moreman1 (1) Department of Philosophy, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542,…
Symptoms Pain Fatigue Nausea Appetite Discomfort Dyspnea Sleep disturbance Depression Anxiety Existential/psychic pain Health care related ICU stay Chemotherapy at the end of life Hospital death Use of feeding tubes…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Lawrence Berk (ed.)Dying and Death in Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-41861-2_6 6. Spiritual Care: An Essential Aspect of Cancer Care Kenneth J. Doka1, 2 (1) The Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle, New…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Lawrence Berk (ed.)Dying and Death in Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-41861-2_3 3. Dying: What Happens to the Body After Death Vernard Adams1 (1) Consulting Forensic Pathologist, 400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 1900, Tampa, FL 33602,…
Fig. 2.1 Europe, 2012, head and neck cancers incidence. H&N = lip, tongue, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, salivary glands, nasopharynx and nasal cavities (GLOBOCAN 2012 (IARC) – 2.11.2015) Fig. 2.2…
Fig. 1.1 ‘About Face I’ survey responses to question, “Are you familiar with the term head and neck cancer?” Although the majority of respondents recognised that HNC affects the pharynx…
Study/author/year No. patients Sites/no. pts. OP/OC/HP/L Stage (UICC) Fractionation schedule OTT (weeks) Total dose in tt.-arms LC/LRC (%) PFS (%) OS (%) Acute toxicities Late morbidities Pinto et al. (1991)…
Fig. 7.1 (a) Endoscopic view of a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left vocal fold. (b) Preoperative CT scan of the same lesion showing the invasion of the left…
Figs. 8.1 and 8.2 A superior aesthetic result from an implant-supported prosthesis rivalling any potential result achievable with autogenous tissue transfer Head and neck patients offer a unique set of…
Fig. 3.1 Growth factor independence leads to sustained signalling in pathways that control essential biological functions. Binding of ligand to the extracellular ligand-binding domain leads to receptor dimerisation and activation…
