Alleviating The Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment
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Alleviating The Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment
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Author : Daizhao Zhang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Alleviating The Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment written by Daizhao Zhang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cancer categories.
Cancer patients are plagued by the undesirable, and often unbearable, adverse effects of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and other treatment modalities. This book focuses on how to use modern diagnostic methods and Chinese medical treatment to address this problem. Cancer patients are plagued by the undesirable, and often unbearable, adverse effects of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and other treatment modalities. Many patients report these side effects to be just as, if not more, intolerable than the cancer itself. The focus of this book is on how to use modern diagnostic methods and Chinese medical treatment to address this problem. The author of this book, Dr. Zhang Dai-zhao, is a well-known oncologist in China and is the one of the leading authorities on the usage of integrative medicine to relieve the side effects of cancer treatment. There are few books on this subject available on the market, which makes this an invaluable resource for all clinicians who are involved in the management of cancer.
Safe And Effective Natural Therapies To Support You Through Cancer Treatment
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Author : Melinda Hidlebaugh
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2015-08-21
Safe And Effective Natural Therapies To Support You Through Cancer Treatment written by Melinda Hidlebaugh and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-21 with Health & Fitness categories.
Safe and Effective Natural Therapies to Support You Through Cancer Treatment is an essential resource for anyone going through medical treatment for cancer. It outlines which natural therapies are helpful in reducing the side effects of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormone therapy. Many people diagnosed with cancer use some form of natural therapy. However, most of them are uncertain why a particular remedy is used, how much they should take, how often they should use it, and whether it is compatible with medical treatment. Naturopathic and medical treatments can be an ideal combination. Medical treatment focuses on treating the cancer, and natural therapies enhance the recovery process by alleviating side effects and strengthening the mind and body. The natural remedies discussed in this book are gentle and easy to administer. They are a valuable support for cancer patients during and after medical treatments.
Reducing Adverse Effects Of Cancer Immunotherapy
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Author : Daniele Maria-Ferreira
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-02-13
Reducing Adverse Effects Of Cancer Immunotherapy written by Daniele Maria-Ferreira and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-13 with Medical categories.
Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy remain the main treatment options for most cancers. However, cancer treatment is associated with numerous adverse effects, including fatigue, stress, hair loss, pain, nausea, vomiting, anemia, altered immune system, oral and intestinal mucositis, which significantly affect patients' quality of life. In addition, the adverse effects may be associated with additional costs, morbidity, and mortality that affect various aspects of the patient's life, including physical health and emotional state. The management and reduction of adverse effects are extremely important and complex and are primarily aimed at providing comfort to the patient during chemotherapy treatment. In addition, it is important to note that in some cases, the severity of side effects associated with cancer treatment may result in the need to reduce the dose, which in turn may be associated with a reduction in the therapeutic efficacy. In view of this, the identification of new options aimed at alleviating the side effects and increasing the tolerability of chemotherapy is necessary to ensure the quality of life of cancer patients.
Chemotherapy And Radiation For Dummies
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Author : Alan P. Lyss
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-05-18
Chemotherapy And Radiation For Dummies written by Alan P. Lyss and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with Health & Fitness categories.
An informative, compassionate guide for cancer patients and their loved ones Each year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work. It offers detailed advice on how to alleviate and cope with side effects-which range from hair loss to nausea to anemia-and describes how good nutrition, meditation, support groups, and other techniques and resources can help in the recovery process.
Evidence Based Non Pharmacological Therapies For Palliative Cancer Care
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Author : William C.S. Cho
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-01-30
Evidence Based Non Pharmacological Therapies For Palliative Cancer Care written by William C.S. Cho and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-30 with Medical categories.
Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in the knowledge gap to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the anticancer field. With this aim, a book series is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to readers. Integrative therapies comprise a variety of non-pharmacological interventions that assist in alleviating physical and psychological symptoms. Apart from being a life-threatening disease, cancer and its therapy are usually associated with a significant deterioration in the quality of life. There is growing evidence that non-pharmacological therapies provide symptom and pain management in cancer palliation. This volume is a specialised book presenting the research evidence relevant to the application of a range of commonly used non-pharmacological interventions in supportive cancer care, including massage, acupressure, Qigong, yoga, mind-body therapy, mindfulness-based intervention, and aromatherapy. A number of scientific researches and clinical studies support that these therapies offer potential beneficial effects for cancer patients in terms of reducing pain, anxiety, and other symptoms. Indeed, non-pharmacological therapies are increasingly gaining acceptance in the healthcare community as complementary to conventional cancer treatments. Most of them are non-invasive, inexpensive, and useful in improving quality of life, and they may be accessed by patients themselves.
Prediction Of Side Effects From Anticancer Treatment With The Purpose Of Increasing Quality Of Life
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Author : Delmy Oliva
language : en
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Release Date : 2019-11-19
Prediction Of Side Effects From Anticancer Treatment With The Purpose Of Increasing Quality Of Life written by Delmy Oliva and has been published by Linköping University Electronic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-19 with categories.
Cancer and its treatments can cause a variety of symptoms. Some of these symptoms are related to the disease and others are seen as a consequence of the treatment. Since patients experience side effects to different degrees despite undergoing the same treatment, it is hypothesized that there is a genetic factor. The individual variation that exists between different patients regarding nausea triggered by chemotherapy, radiotherapy induced skin reactions as well as sleep disorders associated with cancer could partly be explained by genetic differences. We have in these studies confirmed these individual differences. Previous nursing research has mainly focused on the symptoms themselves. The focus in this thesis are the following three main symptoms; nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy, acute skin inflammation following radiotherapy and sleep problems associated with cancer diagnosis and -treatment. The aim of this thesis was to find biological markers that can identify the risk of and/or protective factors for nausea and/or vomiting (CINV) as well as understand its heterogeneity (Study 1 and 2). It also aimed to understand the individual factors behind acute radiation skin reactions (ARSR) (Study 3) and sleeping disturbances in patients treated for cancer (Study 4), permitting a more individualized care and optimized health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In Study 1 and 2 the patients themselves had to document in a diary their experience of nausea and vomiting and well-being. Well-being was considered as synonymous with quality of life. We found a variability and heterogeneity of those symptoms (Study 1). Three genetic markers, FAS/CD95, RB1/LPAR6 and CCL2 that could explain the individual differences and assess the risk of chemotherapy-induced nausea were found in Study 2. Acute radiation skin reactions (ARSR) along with itching and burning sensation associated with radiotherapy (RT) was assessed by the patients themselves (Study 3) with help of the VAS- and RTOG scales, scoring for visible redness. We found two possible genetic markers, XRCC2 and IFNG. Also, individual differences in symptoms behavior were found. Sleep disturbances were common and were reported with obvious individual differences [1]. For data collection were used a sleep questionnaire, the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale (MOS), open ended questions and EORTC QLQ- C30 questionnaire of quality of life. Sleep, which is important for all primary body functions, is often affected in connection with cancer diagnosis and -treatment. Through collaboration between nursing staff and specialists in basic science, we have found that biological markers can help in creating individualized care. Knowledge of individual variations in the severity of chemo- or radiotherapy-induced side effects is important in order to better personalize the treatment and care, improve the treatment results and alleviate or prevent the side effects of oncological treatments. By linking symptoms to biological markers, it will hopefully be able to increase the patients’ total health-related quality of life, this being the main goal of this thesis.
Reducing The Side Effects Of Breast Cancer Treatment
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Author : Elizabeth Iona Harper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Reducing The Side Effects Of Breast Cancer Treatment written by Elizabeth Iona Harper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
You Don T Have To Suffer
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Author : Susan S. Lang
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1995-06-01
You Don T Have To Suffer written by Susan S. Lang and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-01 with Medical categories.
On March 2, 1994, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (a division of the Public Health Service) made headlines by releasing new cancer pain management guidelines. That report revealed that pain is frequently undertreated, and that relief is not only possible for most patients, but actually aids in recovery. For many cancer victims, the agency's guidelines offered new hope; for Dr. Richard B. Patt and coauthor Susan S. Lang, it was a resounding vindication of the findings they set forth in You Don't Have to Suffer. Written by one of the country's leading cancer pain experts and science writer Lang, You Don't Have to Suffer provides an invaluable, no-nonsense handbook for anyone with cancer, for anyone caring for a loved one with cancer, and for the doctors and nurses who treat these patients. The authors first illuminate the reasons why patients are so often undermedicated, including unfounded fears of addiction, patients thinking they need to tough it out, time-consuming paperwork for doctors who prescribe narcotics, and laws that fail to distinguish between drug abuse and the legitimate employment of narcotics. In a careful argument now taken up by the AHCPR's guidelines, Lang and Patt demonstrate that properly medicated patients are better able to resume active lives and marshall strength to fight their disease--while those in chronic pain not only suffer, but also may jeopardize their potential for recovery. You Don't Have to Suffer explores all the pain-relieving options available in the modern medical arsenal--from drugs and high-tech medical procedures to psychological and cognitive techniques and home nursing tips to make a patient more comfortable. Detailed chapters discuss the medications that can fight cancer pain or relieve the undesirable side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and other cancer treatments; anaesthetic and neurosurgical options for pain that has not responded well to simpler techniques; ways to prevent or relieve constipation, nausea, drowsiness, and other complaints of cancer patients; and mind/body techniques and other ways of coping with depression and various psychological symptoms that contribute to the relief of suffering. Pulling together a wealth of long-needed information on the latest medical advances, You Don't Have To Suffer is a volume for the growing numbers of patients, family members, and health-care professionals who are determined to relieve needless cancer pain.
Survivorship
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Author : Barrie Cassileth
language : en
Publisher: Spry Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2014-03-11
Survivorship written by Barrie Cassileth and has been published by Spry Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-11 with Health & Fitness categories.
Cancer patients face a daunting world of confusing information about treatment options. They may have heard of using integrative medicine to complement traditional care and alleviate both short- and long-term side effects of cancer treatments, but where do they locate accurate information on acupuncture, massage, yoga, and nutritional therapies? Survivorship: Living Well During and After Cancer provides up-to-date evidence-based information on available therapies from Dr. Barrie Cassileth, a leader in integrative cancer treatment and founder of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Cassileth will help patients begin to separate the facts from the hype when considering complementary medicine. A full listing of “anti-quackery” online resources is included.
Life Over Cancer
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Author : Keith Block
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2009-04-21
Life Over Cancer written by Keith Block and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-21 with Health & Fitness categories.
Dr. Keith Block is at the global vanguard of innovative cancer care. As medical director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Evanston, Illinois, he has treated thousands of patients who have lived long, full lives beyond their original prognoses. Now he has distilled almost thirty years of experience into the first book that gives patients a systematic, research-based plan for developing the physical and emotional vitality they need to meet the demands of treatment and recovery. Based on a profound understanding of how body and mind can work together to defeat disease, this groundbreaking book offers: • Innovative approaches to conventional treatments, such as “chronotherapy”–chemotherapy timed to patients’ unique circadian rhythms for enhanced effectiveness and reduced toxicity • Dietary choices that make the biochemical environment hostile to cancer growth and recurrence, and strengthen the immune system’s ability to attack remaining cancer cells • Precise supplement protocols to tame treatment side effects, relieve disease-related symptoms, and modify processes like inflammation and glycemia that can fuel cancer if left untreated • A new paradigm for exercise and stress reduction that restores your strength, reduces anxiety and depression, and supports the body’s own ability to heal • A complete program for remission maintenance–a proactive plan to make sure the cancer never returns Also included are “quick-start” maps to help you find the information you need right now and many case histories that will support and inspire you. Encouraging, compassionate, and authoritative, Life over Cancer is the guide patients everywhere have been waiting for.