HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY CANCER CARE
Mark N. Gaze and Isobel M. Wilson
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Greenwich Medical Media, 2003
303 pp
ISBN 1-84110-001-3
RRP £14.50, $US26.50.
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This handbook of cancer care is written for general practitioners and other health care workers in the community. Co-authored by a Specialist Medical Oncologist and a General Practitioner,
it delivers a balanced view.
The introductory sections provide an overview of the aetiology, diagnosis and management of cancer. The fourth section considers the different cancers by primary site. These are succinct overviews,
enhanced by the use of shaded boxes to highlight key points, that will allow the doctor in the community to put the patient’s illness in perspective. The next section deals with the special needs
of children, adolescents, and the elderly.
The section on palliative care, death and bereavement is relatively brief (40 pages). Whilst there is much useful information in these chapters, I thought there was room for more practical
guidance for the General Practitioner, who is often suddenly re-involved in the patient’s care at this stage. For example, how to communicate with the patient and family, how to manage a syringe
driver, and how to pick abnormal bereavement would be useful.
This book will be a very useful resource for General Practitioners. It provides an excellent overview with an emphasis on those aspects of care that are of particular importance in the community.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
November 2004
Author Information
Mark N. Gaze, The Meyerstein Institute of Oncology, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
Isobel M. Wilson, General Practitioner, Edinburgh, UK
Table of Contents
Section I: General Introduction
1. What causes cancer – aetiology
2. Healthy lifestyle and the avoidance of cancer
3. Patterns of cancer occurrence – epidemiology
4. Cancer in families – genetics
Section II: Diagnosis and assessment of cancer
5. Presentation of symptomatic cancer
6. Screening for cancer
7. The tissue diagnosis
8. Staging of cancer
Section III: Treatment of cancer
9. The cancer team and shared care
10. The treatment of cancer, radical or palliative?
11. Surgery in the treatment of cancer
12. Radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer
13. Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer
14. Other medical treatments of cancer
15. Paramedical disciplines in cancer care
16. Complementary and alternative therapies for cancer
17. Supportive care
18. Assessment of new treatments - clinical trials
19. Late effects of cancer treatment - the cost of cure
Section IV: Management of individual cancers
20. Breast cancer
21. Bowel cancer
22. Lung cancer
23. Stomach cancer
24. Oesophageal cancer
25. Pancreatic cancer
26. Cancer of the larynx and pharynx
27. Cancer of the lip and mouth
28. Sailvary gland cancer
29. Thyroid cancer
30. Other head and neck cancers
31. Cervical carcinoma
32. Ovarian carcinoma
33. Other gynaecological malignancy
34. Skin cancer and melanoma
35. Prostate cancer
36. Bladder cancer
37. Kidney cancer
38. Testicular tumours
39. Brain tumours
40. Leukaemia
41. The lymphomas
42. Aids related cancer
43. Bone sarcomas
44. Soft tissue sarcomas
45. A miscellany of rare tumours
Section V: Cancer at different ages
46. Cancer in children
47. Cancer in adolescents
48. Cancer in the elderly
Section VI: Palliative care, death and bereavement
49. Looking after patients with metastatic disease
50. Management of specific symptoms
51. Managing intercurrent illness in the patient with cancer
52. Domicillary terminal care
53. Hospice care
54. The dying child
55. Death at home
56. Managing bereavement
Section VII: Further information
57. Patient support organisations and cancer relief charities
58. Guide to tumour specific groups and organizations
59. The cancer research charities
60. Guide to further reading
Index
