Cancer Symptom Science : Measurement, Mechanisms, and Management.

Cancer Symptom Science : Measurement, Mechanisms, and Management.

The first interdisciplinary compilation on biobehavioral mechanisms underlying cancer-related symptoms, enhanced by perspectives from scientists, patients, government and industry.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cleeland, Charles S.
Other Authors: Fisch, Michael J., Dunn, Adrian J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Cancer > Pathophysiology.
Symptoms.
Cancer > Pathophysiology
Symptoms
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Table of Contents:
  • Root; Introduction to cancer symptom science; Researching the mechanisms underlying; the symptoms of patients with cancer; Cytokines and sickness behavior:; a model for cancer symptoms; The clinical science of cancer pain; assessment and management; Pain: basic science; Mechanisms of disease-related pain in cancer:; insights from the study of bone tumors; The physiology of neuropathic pain; Cognitive dysfunction: is chemobrain real?; Cognitive impairment: basic science; Depression in cancer: pathophysiology; at the mind-body interface; Depressive illness: basic science.
  • Animal models of depressive illnessand sickness behavior; From inflammation to sickness and; depression: the cytokine connection; Cancer-related fatigue: clinical science; Developing translational animal models; of cancer-related fatigue; Cancer anorexia/weight loss syndrome:; clinical science; Appetite loss/cachexia: basic science; Sleep and its disorders: clinical science; Sleep and its disorders: basic science; Proteins and symptoms; Genetic approaches to treating and; preventing symptoms in patients with cancer; Functional imaging of symptoms; High-dose therapy and posttransplantation.
  • symptom burden: striking a balancePromoting symptom research in; cooperative groups; Practical aspects of symptom management; in patients with cancer; The economics of cancer-related symptoms:; valuing supportive-care interventions; Symptom measurement by patient report; Longitudinal models for symptoms; Bayesian adaptive design: a novel approach; to test the effectiveness of symptom-reducing; agents using patient-reported outcomes; Promoting cancer symptom science research; Developing symptom management drugs; Cancer-relatedsymptoms:issuesfor; considerationindrugandtherapeuticbiological.
  • productlabelclaimsintheUnitedStatesSymptom research: looking ahead.

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