Health-Related Quality of Life

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Health-Related Quality of Life

Fig. 30.1 Number of publications per year from January 1994 to December 2013 30.1.3 Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments HRQL is typically measured using Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) tools, i.e., instruments designed…

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Palliative Care

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Palliative Care

© Springer International Publishing 2017Archie Bleyer, Ronald Barr, Lynn Ries, Jeremy Whelan and Andrea Ferrari (eds.)Cancer in Adolescents and Young AdultsPediatric Oncology10.1007/978-3-319-33679-4_31 31. Palliative Care Karen Wasilewski-Masker1  , Tracy Howk2  , Erin Connelly2  , Sergey Postovsky3  , Pamela Brill2  , Kate Carlson Wrammert4   and Rathi Pillai4   (1) The Aflac Cancer &…

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Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Late Effects of Treatment

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Late Effects of Treatment

Therapeutic exposure Potential late effect Vincristine, vinblastine Peripheral neuropathy, Raynaud’s phenomenon Corticosteroids Cataracts, osteopenia, osteoporosis, avascular necrosis Mercaptopurine Hepatic dysfunction, veno-occlusive disease Methotrexate (Systemic) osteopenia, osteoporosis, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction…

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Rehabilitation and Exercise

Jun 25, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Rehabilitation and Exercise

Fig. 26.1 Potential problems encountered by AYA during and following treatment for cancer according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 26.2 Body Structure and Function Impairments of…

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