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Title:

Patients' guide to cancer in older adults / [edited by] Gary R. Shapiro, Ilene S. Browner ; series editors, Lillie D. Shockney, Gary R. Shapiro.

Publisher:

Jones & Bartlett Learning,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 187 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Cancer--Popular works.
Older people.

Other Authors:

Shapiro, Gary R.
Browner, Ilene S.
Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-162) and index. At head of title: Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Contents:

An overview of cancer in the elderly / Gary R. Shapiro -- First steps : I've been diagnosed with cancer / Catherine Klein -- Decision making : seven practical steps / Gary R. Shapiro -- Cancer treatment in the elderly / Mya S. Thein, Ilene S. Browner, and Gary R. Shapiro -- Biology of aging and cancer treatment / Madelaine Binner -- Cancer survivorship / Ilene S. Browner -- Palliative and comfort care / Grace A. Cordts -- The value of planning ahead / Leslie Piet -- Physical medicine and rehabilitation / Richard D. Zorowitz -- Pharmacy : chemotherapy, side effects, and drug interactions / Bryna Delman Ewachiw -- Nutrition in the geriatric oncology patient / Swetha Manohar -- Trusted resources : finding additional information about cancer and its treatment in older adults.

Series:

Johns Hopkins medicine patients' guide

ISBN:

0763774294 (pbk.)
9780763774295 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)642841132

LCCN:

2010036986

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)