Information for medicines used to treat cancer or the symptoms of cancer, including side effects of the drugs, how the drug works, which drugs are FDA approved, how to take the drugs, and the meaning of cancer treatment terms

This pocket guide includes background information on breast cancer, but focuses primarily on the drugs used for treatment and symptom management of breast cancer. It includes patient education information for each of the drugs.

"The companion CD-ROM is designed to allow health care professionals to customize the instruction sheets for specific situations. These customized sheets can easily be printed out for individual patient use."--Page 4 of cover.

This clinical manual is a quick yet thorough reference for any nurse caring for patients with cancer. Derived from Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Fifth Edition, the content has been thoroughly updated to reflect current practice and is presented in an abbreviated outline format for clinical utility. It can be used as an independent handbook or as a clinical companion to the main text.

Now fully revised and updated, this essential guide provides comprehensive coverage of the latest treatments for anxiety, mood, and psychotic disorders.

This easy-to-use reference provides nurses with practical material that is useful in the day-to-day care of men with prostate cancer. This pocket guide is divided into four sections and covers: epid

Pocket Guide to Breast Cancer is an easy-to-use, day-to-day reference for nurses caring for patients with breast cancer and their families. The Pocket Guide is divided into four parts: Epidemiology of Breast Cancer, Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer, Treatment of Recurrent Breast Cancer, and Quality-of-Life Issues. Each chapter has been expanded and updated to provide the reader with current information, and the Third Edition features two new chapters on Endocrine Therapy and End-of-Life Issues. Like the previous editions, this handy pocket guide includes information on screening and early detection, assessment, treatment, surgical techniques, and cancer-related fatigue and sleep disturbance.

This essential reference provides valuable information on effective symptom management and chemotherapy administration. The only oncology drug book that is updated every year.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains customizable patient self-care guides.

This book deals with skin cancer from a doctor's and a patient's perspective.