IAHPC BOOK REVIEW

CANCER Principles and Practice of Oncology, 6^th edition

Vincent De Vita, Samuel Hellman and Steven Rosenberg (Eds)

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001 3235pp ISBN 0-7817-2387-6 RRP $US325.00,  £220.80

The sixth edition of “De Vita”, the oncologists’ bible, is a useful resource for palliative care practitioners treating patients with advanced cancer.  Over the 20 years since the publication of the first edition, the amount of material relevant to palliative care has gradually increased and there are now chapters devoted to metastatic disease at various sites, the management of pain, treatment of psychological problems, and even a chapter on the management of the terminally ill.  These sections are well written and edited, up-to-date and adequately referenced.  Doctors working in palliative care who want to know more about the underlying cancer, or who want a referenced discussion of the treatment options for advanced disease, need go no further than this book.

Roger Woodruff

Director of Palliative Care, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne , Australia

Author Information

Vincent T. De Vita, Jr is Director, Yale Cancer Center, Newhaven, Connecticut, USA

Samuel Hellman is Professor, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicag, Illinois, USA 

Steven A. Rosenberg is Chief of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Table of Contents (Relevant to Palliative Care)

47. Paraneoplastic Syndrome 2511

Endocronological manifestations of cancer 2511

Hematological manifestations of cancer 2516

Gastrointestinal manifestations of cancer 2518

Renal manifestations of nonrenal cancer 2520

Cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes 2521

Neurological manifestations of cancer 2525

Miscellaneous paraneoplastic syndromes 2531

49. Peritoneal carcinomatosis 2561

50.  Immunosuppression-related malignancies 2575

AIDS-related malignancies 2575

51.  Oncological emergencies 2609

Superior vena cava syndrome 2609

Spinal cord compression 2617

Metabolic emergencies 2633

Urologic emergencies 2645

52.  Treatment of metastatic cancer 2655

Metastatic brain cancer 2655

Metastatic cancer to the lung 2670

Metastatic cancer of the liver 2690

Metastatic cancer to the bone 2713

Malignant pleural and pericardial effusions 2729

Malignant ascites 2745

54.  Infections in the cancer patient 2815

55.  Adverse affects of treatment 2869

Nausea and vomiting 2869

Oral complications 2881

Pulmonary toxicity 2894

Cardiac toxicity 2904

56.  Supportive care and quality of life 2977

Management of cancer pain (Kathleen Foley) 2977

Nutritional support 3012

Sexual problems 3032

Psychological issues 3058

Specialized care of the terminally ill 3077

 

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