Supportive Cancer Care
This textbook provides a highly coordinated, interdisciplinary model for future clinical cancer supportive care programs in National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Clinical and Comprehensive Cancer Centers and NCI Community Oncology Research Programs (
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Supportive Cancer Care
David Alberts • Maria Lluria-Prevatt Stephanie Kha • Karen Weihs Editors
Supportive Cancer Care
Editors David Alberts University of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson AZ USA Maria Lluria-Prevatt University of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson AZ USA
Stephanie Kha University of Arizona Arizona Cancer Center Tucson AZ USA Karen Weihs University of Arizona Cancer Center Tucson AZ USA
ISBN 978-3-319-24812-7 ISBN 978-3-319-24814-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24814-1
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015960208 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
We the editors of this first edition of Supportive Cancer Care wish to thank each chapter author for their outstanding contributions and especially great patience with the considerable complexity of putting together a coordinated textbook with many different themes and moving parts. We are inspired by our amazing cancer patients, who battle every day of their lives to survive and have quality time with their family and friends. We only exist professionally to help our patients become long-term cancer survivors with a high quality of life. In 2005, Dr. Karen Weihs and l conceived a plan, aided strategically by Dr. Thomas Brown, to provide a comprehensive supportive cancer care program in the University of Arizona Cancer Center with five essential elements to be incorporated into our new Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic, opened in 2007. These five elements include the following: (1) psychosocial oncology, (2) cancer survivorship planning, (3) palliative care, (4) integrative medicine touch therapies, and (5) high risk genetic counseling.
Of course, this ambitious supportive cancer care program requires strong integration and a continuous search for fun
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