Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects
Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects Noreen M. Aziz Background and Significance With continued advances in strategies to detect cancer early and treat it effectively along with the aging of the population,…
Complementary and Alternative Approaches
Complementary and Alternative Approaches Barrie R. Cassileth Gary Deng A vast collection of disparate approaches, from unproven cancer cures to soothing, adjunctive regimens, is subsumed under the single umbrella term…
Rehabilitative Medicine
Rehabilitative Medicine Rebecca G. Smith Mary M. Vargo Because the effects of cancer and its treatment are so varied, the individual with cancer can present with rehabilitation needs of virtually…
Issues in Nutrition and Hydration
Issues in Nutrition and Hydration Christine S. Ritchie Elizabeth Kvale The issues surrounding artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) pose challenges for clinicians, patients, families, and society. Legal precedent and ethical…
Nutrition Support
Nutrition Support William A. Mourad Caroline M. Apovian Christopher D. Still Malignant disease is frequently accompanied by profound weight loss and malnutrition. In fact, cancer patients have the highest prevalence…
Hematologic Support of the Cancer Patient
Hematologic Support of the Cancer Patient Davey B. Daniel Jeffrey Crawford No one thinks of how much blood it costs. –Dante Alighieri Anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia are common complications of…
Palliative Care: Ethics and the Law
Palliative Care: Ethics and the Law Robert A. Burt Michael K. Gottlieb During the past 30 years, a dramatic change has occurred in the legal and ethical principles governing provision…
Palliative Care and Physician-Assisted Death
Palliative Care and Physician-Assisted Death Barbara A. Supanich Many events have occurred since 2001 that have stimulated many sectors of the United States society to ponder, reflect, and debate the…
Withholding and Withdrawing Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment
Withholding and Withdrawing Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment Richard J. Ackermann “I will define what I conceive medicine to be: In general terms, it is to do away with the suffering of…
Advance Directives and Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity
Advance Directives and Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity Linda L. Emanuel Many oncology patients would like to have some control over their medical care, not only when they are alert but…
