The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship
Addressing physical and psychosocial matters of survivorship prior to, during, and after anticancer treatment is central to a patient’s wellbeing. The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship explores not only the diagnosis and treatment
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Ian N. Olver Editor
The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship
Editor Ian N. Olver MD PhD Clinical Professor University of Sydney Medical School Chief Executive Officer Cancer Council Australia Surry Hills, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-1224-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1225-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1225-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010935191 © Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer Society 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) has as its underlying principle that “Supportive Care Makes Excellent Cancer Care Possible.” This international group attracts a multidisciplinary group of support care practitioners and researchers to its annual symposia. Over the years it has expanded to having 17 study groups led by key professionals in their fields. More recent developments have seen a focus on survivorship. The groups have not only provided education, networking and the promotion of research but have produced guidelines and research and teaching tools. With all of that expertise across the world, what better organisation could there be to produce a book on supportive care and survivorship, which spans the management of symptoms and the control of the side effects of treatment? The result is a textbook with authorship by experts from 17 countries. The authors are MASCC members and their colleagues, all of whom have volunteered their time and expertise to produce this comprehensive text. The topics range from management of broad general symptoms such as pain and fatigue to the very specific details of toxicities affecting the eye. Special consideration is given to children and the elderly, to rehabilitation and to palliative care. The ongoing issues of survivorship embrace the physical, the psychosocia
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