Cancer in Children and Young People

Dr Faith Gibson, Lecturer in Children's Nursing Research, institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital and King's College London, London. Louise Soanes, Senior Sister for Children's Services, McElwain Ward, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Surrey.Both editors have extensive experience of paediatric cancer nursing practice, education and research and are established authors in the field of oncology nursing.?Each has contributed to a large number of successful texts and journals and has well-established links with the UK, European and international cancer nursing community.

• Chapter 1: Principles of chemotherapy. Chapter 2: Chemotherapy agents.Chapter 3: Administration of chemotherapy.Chapter 4: Side effects of chemotherapy and supportive.Chapter 5: Oncological emergencies.Chapter 6: Future trends.Commentary: Chemotherapy section.Section 2: Haematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation.Chapter 7: Background to HSCT procedure.Chapter 8: Preparation for bone marrow transplant.Chapter 9: Collection and infusion of bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood.Chapter 10: Protective isolation nursing issues.Chapter 11: Complications of stem cell transplant.Chapter 12: Discharge planning and the psychological care of the family.Chapter 13: Staff support in stem cell transplant units.Chapter 14: Further developments in stem cell transplant.Commentary: Haematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation.Section 3: Surgery.Chapter 15: General surgery.Commentary: General surgery.Chapter 16: Neuro-oncology.Commentary: Neuro-oncology.Chapter 17: Primary bone cancer in young people.Commentary: Primary bone cancer in young people.Section 4: Radiotherapy.Chapter 18: The nature of radiotherapy.Chapter 19: Administration of radiotherapy.Chapter 20: Tumours and radiotherapy treatment.Chapter 21: Acute and sub-acute side effects of radiotherapy.Chapter 22: The role of radiotherapy and palliative care.Section 5: Late effects of cancer therapies.Chapter 23: Overview of long-term follow-up.Chapter 24: Potential physical issues following cancer treatment.Chapter 25: The role of the nurse in Long-Term Follow-Up.Chapter 26: Health promotion for Long-Term Follow-Up patients.Chapter 27: Quality of Life in long-term survivors of childhood cancer.