Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology -- Contributing Authors -- Foreword -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- SECTION I Symptoms and Syndromes -- PART A PAIN -- Difficult Pain Syndromes: Neuropathic Pain, Bone Pain, and Visceral Pain -- Opioid Pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic Management of Pain -- Interventional Approaches to Pain -- Pathology of Bone Metastases- Implications for Treatment -- Pathophysiology of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy -- PART B CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS -- Cancer-Related Fatigue -- Fever and Sweats -- Hot Flashes -- PART C GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES -- Anorexia/Weight Loss -- Dysphagia/Speech Rehabilitation in Palliative Care -- Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting and Treatment-Related Nausea and Vomiting -- Assessment and Management of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting -- Diarrhea, Malabsorption, and Constipation -- Bowel Obstruction -- Diagnosis and Management of Effusions -- Hiccups and Other Gastrointestinal Symptoms -- Biology of Treatment-Induced Mucositis -- Oral Manifestations and Complications of Cancer Therapy -- Approach to Liver Metastases in Palliative Oncology -- Palliative Endoscopic Procedures -- Palliative Interventional Radiologic Procedures -- PART D SKIN -- Pruritus -- Treatment of Tumor-Related Skin Disorders -- Dermatologic Adverse Events during Treatment -- Management of Pressure Ulcers and Fungating Wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of Fistula and Stoma Management -- PART E CARDIOPULMONARY AND VASCULAR SYNDROMES -- Dyspnea in the Cancer Patient -- Hemoptysis, Airway Obstruction, Bronchospasm, Cough, and Pulmonary Complications/ Symptoms of Cancer and Its Treatment -- Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Treatment-Induced Cardiac Disease in Cancer Patients.

Management of Hypercoagulable States and Coagulopathy -- PART F GENITOURINARY SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES -- Urologic Issues in Palliative Care -- Impact of Hepatic and Renal Dysfunction on Pharmacology of Palliative Care Drugs -- PART G METABOLIC DISORDERS -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic Disorders in the Cancer Patient -- Infectious Complications/ Management -- PART H SELECTED NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES -- Management of Intracranial Metastases -- Management of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Compression -- PART I SELECTED PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES -- Recognizing and Managing Delirium -- Treating Depression at the End of Life -- Anxiety -- Cognitive Decline Following Cancer Treatment -- Substance-Abuse Issues in Palliative Care -- SECTION II ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE -- PART A DEFINITIONS AND MODELS -- Epidemiology and Prognostication in Advanced Cancer -- Hospice -- PART B ASSESSMENT ISSUES -- Cultural Issues -- Communication during Transitions of Care -- The Family Meetings -- PART C OTHER ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE -- Psychosocial Consequences of Advanced Cancer -- Disorders of Sexuality and Reproduction -- Caregiving in the Home -- Management of Symptoms in the Actively Dying Patient -- Spirituality -- Bereavement Care -- Staff Stress and Burnout -- SECTION III Ethical Considerations in Palliative Care -- Advance Directives, Decision Making, and Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment -- Palliative Care: Ethics and the Law -- SECTION IV Special Interventions in Supportive and Palliative Care -- Hematologic Support of the Cancer Patient -- Issues in Nutrition and Hydration -- Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Therapies in Oncology -- SECTION V Special Populations -- Geriatric Palliative Care -- Palliative Care in Pediatrics -- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Supportive Care -- Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects.

Survivorship Issues in Adults -- SECTION VI Research Issues in Supportive Care and Palliative Care -- Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care -- Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes -- Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design -- Index.