Description
Offering practical, comprehensive coverage of the many nuanced technical and clinical aspects of this growing field, Palliative Radiation Oncology provides up-to-date clinical guidance in a thorough yet concise manner. In an easy-access format, it integrates basic science, pathologies, and research with clinical applications, covering different ways to approach problems, tumor assessment, precise target definition, and dosing-specific guidelines to minimize side effects/toxicities while balancing with desired outcomes.- Discusses optimal communication skills for pediatric, adult, and elderly patients.- Contains decision-making algorithms to guide individualized palliative radiation oncology treatment plans.- Reviews all the latest modalities with technical tips and pitfalls.- Covers key procedures such as external beam radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery.- Features step-by-step body site-specific guidelines with integrated symptom and toxicity management.- Covers symptom and symptom-cluster management, including pain and psychosocial or spiritual distress.- Ideal for radiation oncology residents, fellows, and practitioners, as well as medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, oncology nurses, and radiation technicians—all clinicians who work in this highly collaborative, team-based specialty.
Table of Contents
SECTION IFoundations and Principles of Palliative Care in Oncology1 Definition of Palliative Care2 Introduction to Prognostication3 Basic Communication Frameworks4 Troubleshooting Difficult Conversation5 Models of Multidisciplinary ManagementSECTION IITechniques and Modalities6 Palliative Radiation7 Selecting Modalities8 Treatment Planning in Palliative Radiotherapy9 Alternate Modalities for Palliation10 Combining Radiation and Systemic Therapy11 Considerations Involving ReirradiationSECTION IIIFoundations and Principles of Palliative Radiation by Body Site or Special Population12 Palliative Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck13 Palliative Thoracic Radiation14 Palliative Radiotherapy in the Breast and Chest Wall15 Palliative Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies16 Palliative Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies17 Palliative Radiotherapy in Pediatrics18 Radiotherapeutic Palliation of Lymphoma19 Radiotherapeutic Palliation of Bone Marrow Diseases—Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma20 Palliative Radiotherapy in Bones21 Palliative Radiotherapy in the Brain22 Palliative Radiotherapy in the Spine23 Palliative Radiotherapy in Oligometastases24 Palliative Radiotherapy in the Older AdultSECTION IVManagement of Symptoms and Treatment- Related Toxicities25 General Symptom Overview: Importance of Side Effect Management, CINV, Anorexia, and Cachexia26 Management of Pain27 Management of Fatigue28 Management of Skin Toxicity29 Central Nervous System: Symptoms and Toxicities30 Management of Symptoms and Treatment-Related Toxicities of Head and Neck Cancers31 Chest and Thorax: Symptoms and Toxicities32 Abdomen and Pelvis: Symptoms and Toxicities33 Late Toxicities Management34 Psychosocial and Spiritual DistressIndex
