Multimodal Therapy in Oncology Nursing is a clinical reference for nurses who provide the complex care required by cancer patients undergoing treatment that involves more than one modality. Multimodal therapy has become the treatment of choice for many cancers and creates unique side effects that call for special nursing care. * Offers nursing guidelines with rationales for specialized nursing care, helping you develop policies, procedures, and protocols for patient care * Includes multimodal treatment tables for each cancer site, allowing you to quickly locate the potential side effects of different regimens * Provides patient education guidelines for the major side effects resulting from multimodal therapy -- copy them and share them with your patients * Presents detailed nursing management of specific side effects, and much more

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource for the entire radiation oncology team, Gunderson & Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology, 5th Edition, thoroughly covers all aspects of this complex and dynamic field. Concise, templated chapters cover the basic biology of oncologic disease processes as well as updated treatment algorithms, the latest clinical guidelines, and state-of-the-art techniques and modalities. More than 1,000 images—detailed anatomy drawings, radiographic images, and more—provide outstanding visual support for every area of the text. - Divides content into three distinct sections for quick access to information: Scientific Foundations, Techniques and Modalities, and Disease Sites. Disease Site chapters include overviews summarizing the most important issues and concluding discussions on controversies and problems. - Features new and expanded content on molecular and cellular biology and its relevance in individualized treatment approaches, stereotactic radiation therapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, biologic therapy, precision radiation therapy, targeted radiation, dosing guidelines for better quality of life and improved patient outcomes, and more. - Includes new chapters on Radiation Physics: Particle Therapy, Interventional Radiology, Radiation Therapy in the Elderly, Palliative Care, Quality and Safety, and Immunotherapy with Radiotherapy. - Provides guidance on single-modality and combined-modality approaches, as well as outcome data including disease control, survival, and treatment tolerance. - Includes access to videos on Intraoperative Irradiation, Prostate Brachytherapy, Penile Brachytherapy, and Ocular Melanoma. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Precision medicine is a rapidly-evolving field in the management of cancer. The use of novel molecular or genetic signatures in local-regional management is still in its infancy. Precision Radiation Oncology demystifies this state-of-the-art research and technology. By describing current existing clinical and pathologic features, and focusing on the ability to improve outcomes in cancer using radiation therapy, this book discusses incorporating novel genomic- or biology-based biomarkers in the treatment of patients moving radiation oncology into precision/personalized medicine. Precision Radiation Oncology provides readers with an overview of the new developments of precision medicine in radiation oncology, further advancing the integration of new research findings into individualized radiation therapy and its clinical applications.

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. It has been estimated that in 2022 in the US, 106.180 and 44.850 new cases of colon and rectal cancer occurred, respectively. Overall, colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. However, the death rate for colorectal cancer has been dropping in the last decades. One of the main reasons for these results is the introduction of screening programs and the improvement of the treatment protocols including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery