Handbook of Geriatric Oncology
Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient
Handbook of Geriatric Oncology
Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient
Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, PhD
William P. Tew, MD
Handbook of Geriatric Oncology: Practical Guide to Caring for the Older Cancer Patient is a practical resource for oncologists, related clinicians, and nurses who want to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to the elderly cancer patient. Divided into nine succinct sections, it includes topics spanning an Introduction to Aging and Frailty, Geriatric Syndromes, Geriatric Assessment, Select Cancers in the Elderly, Communication With the Older Cancer Patient, the Nursing Home Patient With Cancer, Models of Care: Survivorship, Palliative Care, and Integrative Medicine. Complex issues such as the physiologic changes of aging and their effect on cancer, corresponding social and psychological aspects that accompany aging and a cancer diagnosis, assessment of frailty, managing comorbid conditions and diseases, effective communication among health care providers, the patient and caregivers, as well as the risks and benefits of cancer screening, are made simpler with helpful clinical guidance and clinical pearls.
Spearheaded by world experts in geriatric oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, this book is the definitive resource for oncologists and related clinicians to meet the demands of clinical management along the continuum of geriatric cancer care.
Key Features
- Provides best practices for evaluating geriatric syndromes such as functional dependency, falls, cognitive impairment and dementia, delirium, depression and anxiety, social isolation as well as syndromes related to nutrition, comorbid conditions, and polypharmacy.
- Includes practical guidance on when to treat and when not to treat cancer in older patients
- Discusses unique factors associated with breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, head and neck cancers, and myelodysplastic syndromes in the elderly that impact care plans and treatment.
Contents
Contributors
Foreword George J. Bosl, MD and Arti Hurria, MD
Acknowledgments
Section I. Geriatric Oncology: Overview
1. Introduction to Geriatric Oncology
Stuart M. Lichtman
2. Physiologic Changes of Aging
Olivia Le Saux, Sophie Watelet, Marine Haution-Bitker, Florence Murard-Reeman, Clémence Lecardonnel, Mahdi Harchaoui, Marc Bonnefoy, and Claire Falandry
3. Frailty
Kevin J. Shih, Jessica Lee, and Holly M. Holmes
4. Biologic Markers of Frailty
Kah Poh Loh, Nikesha Haynes-Gilmore, Allison Magnuson, and Supriya G. Mohile
Section II. Geriatric Syndromes
5. Functional Dependency
Siri Rostoft and Benedicte Rønning
6. Falls in the Older Cancer Patient
Soo Jung Kim and Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki
7. Nutrition
Suzanne D. Gerdes
8. Polypharmacy
Ginah Nightingale and Manpreet K. Boparai
9. Comorbidity in Cancer
Grant R. Williams and Holly M. Holmes
10. Cognitive Syndromes and Delirium
Reena Jaiswal and Yesne Alici
11. Anxiety and Depression in Older Cancer Patients
Rebecca Saracino, Christian J. Nelson, and Andrew J. Roth
12. Social Isolation and Caregiver Burden
Linda Mathew and Carolyn Fulton
Section III. Geriatric Assessment
13. Geriatric Assessment
Sincere McMillan and Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki
14. Screening Tools in Geriatric Oncology
Daniel W. Yokom, Cindy Kenis, Shabbir M. H. Alibhai, and Martine T. E. Puts
Section IV. Select Cancers in the Elderly
15. Breast Cancer
Shlomit Strulov Shachar, Trevor A. Jolly, Noam VanderWalde, and Hyman B. Muss
16. Prostate Cancer in Elderly Patients
Pedro Recabal, Chung-Han Lee, and Dana E. Rathkopf
17. Colorectal Cancer
Armin Shahrokni
18. Lung Cancer
Shreya Sinha, Mariam Alexander, and Ajeet Gajra
19. Ovarian Cancer in the Older Woman
William P. Tew
20. Head and Neck Cancer in Older Adults
Ronald J. Maggiore, Noam VanderWalde, and Melissa Crawley
21. Pancreatic Cancer
Elizabeth Won
22. Bladder and Renal Cancer
Ravindran Kanesvaran
23. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma
Colette Owens and Paul A. Hamlin
24. Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Li-Wen Huang and Arati V. Rao
25. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Older Patients
Sergio Giralt
Section V. Communication With the Older Cancer Patient
26. INTERPRET: A Model for the Cross-Linguistic Medical Interview in the Geriatrics Oncology Setting
Francesca Gany, Xiaoxiao Huang, and Javier Gonzalez
27. Communication With Cognitively Impaired Older Adults and Their Families
Rebecca Saracino, Christian J. Nelson, and Andrew J. Roth
Section VI. The Nursing Home Patient With Cancer
28. Levels of Residential Care in the Elderly and the Role of Cancer Screening
Miriam B. Rodin
Section VII. Models of Care: Survivorship
29. Models of Shared Care
Kristine Swartz, Andrew Chapman, and Patrick Doggett
30. Survivorship Care for Older Adults With Cancer: The Role of Primary Care Physicians and Utility of Care Plans as a Communication Tool
Keith M. Bellizzi and Bonnie E. Gould Rothberg
Section VIII. Palliative Care
31. Treatment of Cancer Pain in the Elderly
Koshy Alexander and Paul Glare
32. Palliation of Nonpain Symptoms
Katherine Wang and Emily Chai
33. Advance Care Planning
Anca Dinescu
Section IX. Integrative Medicine
34. Exercise for the Older Adult
Donna J. Wilson
35. Acupuncture in Geriatric Cancer Care
Theresa Affuso, Jonathan Siman, and Gary Deng
36. Complementary Therapies and Integrative Medicine
Gary Deng
Index
- Release Date: May 30, 2017
- Paperback / softback
- 384 Pages
- Trim Size: 5in x 8in
- Number of Illustrations: 20
- ISBN: 9781620701041
