Preface .

Contributors.

Part 1: Cancer, Care, and Society .

1. What is cancer? Jessica Corner .

2.Knowledge and caring: a philosophical and personal perspective Alan Cribb .

3. Cancer, care, and society Christopher Bailey .

4. Cancer epidemiology Elizabeth Davies and Vivian Mak .

5.Developments in the management of cancer Alastair Munro .

Part 2: The Experience of Cancer .

Introduction.

6. The impact of cancer Mary Wells .

7.The impact of cancer on the family Hilary Plant .

8. The impact of cancer on health care professionals Anne Lanceley .

9. Therapeutic strategies in cancer care Anne Lanceley .

Part 3: The Experience of Treatment .

Introduction.

10. The experience of treatment Lynne Colbourne .

11. Surgery Stephen O’Connor .

12.Chemotherapy Lisa Dougherty and Christopher Bailey .

13. Radiotherapy Sara Faithfull .

14. Endocrine therapies Deborah Fenlon .

15. Complementary and alternative therapies Caroline Hoffman .

16. Hereditary cancer Audrey Ardern-Jones, Sarah Thomas, Rebecca Doherty,.

and Rosalind Eeles .

Part 4: The Management of Cancer-related Problems .

Introduction.

17. Pain Meinir Krishnasamy .

18. Nausea and vomiting Meinir Krishnasamy .

19. Fatigue Meinir Krishnasamy .

20. Breathlessness Christopher Bailey .

21. Wound management Meinir Krishnasamy .

22. Lymphoedema Anne Williams .

23. Malignant ascites Nancy Preston .

24. Bone marrow suppression: neutropenia and thrombocytopenia.

Ruth Dunleavey .

25. Change in eating habits Jane Hopkinson .

26. Sexuality and cancer Isabel White .

27. Anxiety and depression Annabel Pollard and Meinir Krishnasamy .

28. Delirium Meinir Krishnasamy .

29. Acute events in cancer Stephen O’Connor .

Part 5: Needs and Priorities in Cancer Care .

Introduction.

30. The needs of children and adolescents Fay Scullion and Jenny Thompson .

31. The needs of older people Christopher Bailey .

32. Ethnicity, difference, and care Yasmin Gunaratnum .

33. Living with cancer long term: the implications of survival David Wright .

34. Self-management and self-help Claire Foster .

35. User involvement in cancer services David Wright and Jenny Walton .

36. Palliative care and cancer Sheila Payne .

37. Research and cancer care Jessica Corner .

Index