Management of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Compression Sharon M. Weinstein EPIDEMIOLOGY The spine is the most frequent site of bony involvement in patients with metastatic malignancy (1). The major…
Management of Intracranial Metastases Caroline Chung Normand Laperriere INTRODUCTION Brain metastases are the most common brain tumors in cancer patients. The incidence is 10% to 40% in all cancer patients…
Infectious Complications/Management Jennifer M. Cuellar-RodrÃguez Juan C. Gea-Banacloche Cancer patients have a significantly increased risk of infections (1,2). Risk factors for this increased susceptibility of infection are directly related to…
Metabolic Disorders in the Cancer Patient Irene M. O’Shaughnessy Albert L. Jochen Endocrine disorders occur in individuals with advanced malignancy under various circumstances. Cancer may produce effects through the excess…
Hypercalcemia Howard Su-Hau Yeh James R. Berenson INTRODUCTION Background and Epidemiology Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM), characterized by high serum levels of calcium, is the leading malignancy-related metabolic complication in hospital…
Impact of Hepatic and Renal Dysfunction on Pharmacology of Palliative Care Drugs Thomas Strouse OVERVIEW Diminished liver and kidney function are common in palliative care patients. These alterations may be…
Urologic Issues in Palliative Care Eric A. Singer Faisal Ahmed Compton J. Benjamin Adam R. Metwalli Peter A. Pinto INTRODUCTION Urologic malignancies account for more than 40% of all new…
Management of Hypercoagulable States and Coagulopathy Jenny Petkova Thomas J. Raife Kenneth D. Friedman Hemostasis is carefully balanced: hemostatic plugs form at inappropriate openings in the vascular network, but thrombus…
Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Treatment-Induced Cardiac Disease in Cancer Patients David A. Slosky INTRODUCTION During the last 30 years, the development of effective detection and treatment strategies for many…
Hemoptysis, Airway Obstruction, Bronchospasm, Cough, and Pulmonary Complications/Symptoms of Cancer and Its Treatment Jaya Vijayan J. Hunter Groninger INTRODUCTION Complications from malignancies abound in and around the pulmonary tree and…
