Palliative care provides comprehensive support for severely affected patients with any life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis. To do this effectively, it requires a disease-specific approach as the patients' needs and clinical context will vary depending on the underlying diagnosis. Experts in the field of palliative care and oncology describe in detail the needs of patients with advanced cancer in comparison to those with non-cancer disease and also identify the requirements of patients with different cancer entities. Basic principles of symptom control are explained, with careful attention to therapy for pain associated with either the cancer or its treatment and to symptom-guided antineoplastic therapy. Complex therapeutic strategies for palliative cancer patients are highlighted that involve both cancer- and symptom-directed options and address a range of therapeutic aims. Issues relating to drug use in palliative cancer care are fully explored, and a separate section is devoted to care in the final phase. A range of organizational and policy issues are also discussed, and the book concludes by considering likely future developments in palliative care for cancer patients. Palliative Care in Oncology will be of particular interest to palliative care physicians who are interested in broadening the scope of their disease-specific knowledge, as well as to oncologists who wish to learn more about modern palliative care concepts relevant to their day-to-day work with cancer patients.

Table of contents (18 chapter)
Disease-Specific Oncology Disease-Specific Palliative Care
Arthur, Joseph Anthony (et al.)
Pages 3-11
Oncological and Palliative Care for Patients with Lung Cancer and Patients with Breast Cancer: Two Opposite Ends of a Spectrum
Frickhofen, Norbert
Pages 13-33
Palliative Care for Patients with Haematological Malignancies
Alt-Epping, Bernd (et al.)
Pages 35-47
Definition, Pathophysiology, and Assessment of Pain
Eychmüller, Steffen
Pages 51-58
Therapy of Cancer-Related Pain and Cancer Therapy-Related Pain
Ostgathe, Christoph (et al.)
Pages 59-78
Radiation Therapy in Patients with Non-curable Cancer
Hess, Clemens Friedrich (et al.)
Pages 79-91
Symptom Management: The Nursing View
Larkin, Philip J.
Pages 93-107
The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient
Khodabukus, Andrew F. (et al.)
Pages 111-122
The Final Phase
Nauck, Friedemann
Pages 123-133
Options and Problems of Drug Application in Patients with Advanced Cancer
Rémi, Constanze (et al.)
Pages 137-156
Drug Interactions in Palliative Cancer Care and Oncology
Stehmer, Theresa (et al.)
Pages 157-185
Outpatient and Inpatient Structures: What Does It Need to Integrate Palliative Care Services?
Jaspers, Birgit (et al.)
Pages 189-201
Early Palliative Care
Gaertner, Jan (et al.)
Pages 203-227
Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care: Two Concepts That Fit into Comprehensive Cancer Care
Weber, Daniela (et al.)
Pages 229-245
Cancer Therapy in Developing Countries: The Role of Palliative Care
Powell, Richard A. (et al.)
Pages 247-269
Emergencies in Oncology and Crises in Palliative Care
Alt-Epping, Bernd (et al.)
Pages 273-281
Palliative Care for Patients Participating in Experimental or Clinical Oncology Studies
Winkler, Eva C. (et al.)
Pages 283-295
The Future of Oncology Palliative Care
Kaasa, Stein (et al.)