Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing

Mike Tadman is an Acute Oncology Advanced Nurse Practitioner, working at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust. He specialises in neuroendocrine tumours, and has published multiple papers on reviews of practice and methods of monitoring disease progression. He is involved with NET Natter, an Oxford-based support and networking group for people affected by neuroendocrine tumours.Dave Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Cancer and Palliative Care at Oxford Brookes University, where he has worked since 1999. As a nurse specialising in the care of people with cancer and haematological conditions, he worked in the Oxford Psycho-oncology Service from 1995 until 2014. His interests include communication and psychological interventions in healthcare, and global aspects of health and education. He edited Mental Health Liaison: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals, and he is author of Psychosocial Nursing Care. A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person. Mark Foulkes has been in post as Nurse Consultant and Lead Cancer Nurse at the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust since 2007. He trained as a general nurse at St Marys Hospital in Paddington, qualifying in 1991.He links with Oxford Brookes University and lectures there on a regular basis. He works clinically on the Acute Oncology Team and in 2016 received a 'Pride of Reading' award for his work with cancer patients. In 2018 he was elected to the board of the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS).Mark has presented and written on a range of subjects and has a particular interest in nurse-led services, innovative approaches to chemotherapy and the political backdrop to cancer services.

• Introduction1: IntroductionThe Cancer Problem2: Cancer epidemiology3: Cancer biology4: Cancer prevention and screeningThe Experience of Cancer5: Living with and beyond cancer6: Gail Eva: The social experience of cancerSupportive and palliative care7: Supportive care8: Patient information and involvement9: Psychological, social, and spiritual support10: Gail Eva: Rehabilitation of the cancer patient11: Complementary therapies12: Susi Lund: Palliative care13: Ethics in cancer careClinical management of cancer14: Diagnosis and staging15: Surgery and cancer16: Paula Horne and Richard Brown: Radiotherapy17: Systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT)18: Toby Eyre: High dose therapy (autologous transplant)19: Toby Eyre: Allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation20: Clinical trialsManagement of major cancers21: Bone and soft tissue cancers22: Breast cancer23: Central nervous system cancer24: Colorectal cancer25: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)26: Endocrine cancers27: Anne Margrethe Phillips: Upper gastrointestinal cancers28: Sammi Kaur-Gill: Genitourinary cancers29: Gynaecological cancers30: Toby Eyre: Haematological cancers31: Head and neck cancers32: HIV related malignancies33: Lung cancer34: Heidi Allen: Skin cancer35: Karen Sherbourne: Teenage and young adult cancerSymptom management36: Assessment37: Toby Eyre: Bone marrow suppression38: Toby Eyre: Blood product support39: Thrombosis40: Altered bowel function41: Cancer-related breathlessness42: Cancer-related fatigue43: Malignant effusions44: Nausea and vomiting45: Nutritional disorders46: John Curtin: Pain management47: Susi Lund: Symptom management at the end of life48: Psychological reactions to cancer49: Other psychological problems encountered in people with cancer50: Bridget Taylor: Sexuality and cancer51: Skin and mucosal alterationsOncological emergencies52: Oncological emergencies

Review from previous edition This is a gem of a book. It is easy to use, practical and informative - a must for qualified nurses and nursing students involved in cancer care.