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Author: Christina A. Meyers Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107411814 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book is a unique resource on the influence cancer and cancer treatments have on cognition. The majority of cancer patients on active treatment experience cognitive impairments often referred to as 'chemobrain' or 'chemofog'. In addition, patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain often experience direct neurologic symptoms. This book helps health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes and provides practical information to help improve care by reviewing and describing brain-behavior relationships; research-based evidence on cognitive changes that occur with various cancers and cancer treatments; assessment techniques, including neurocognitive assessment and neuroimaging techniques; and intervention strategies for affected patients. In short, it will explain how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.
Author: Christina A. Meyers Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107411814 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book is a unique resource on the influence cancer and cancer treatments have on cognition. The majority of cancer patients on active treatment experience cognitive impairments often referred to as 'chemobrain' or 'chemofog'. In addition, patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain often experience direct neurologic symptoms. This book helps health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes and provides practical information to help improve care by reviewing and describing brain-behavior relationships; research-based evidence on cognitive changes that occur with various cancers and cancer treatments; assessment techniques, including neurocognitive assessment and neuroimaging techniques; and intervention strategies for affected patients. In short, it will explain how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.
Author: Gary Rodin Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190236442 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 265
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Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully provides valuable insight into the experience of patients and families living with advanced cancer and describes a novel psychotherapeutic approach to help them live meaningfully, while also facing the threat of mortality. Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully, also known by the acronym CALM, is a brief supportive-expressive intervention that can be delivered by a wide range of trained healthcare providers as part of cancer care or early palliative care. The authors provide an overview of the clinical experience and research that led to the development of CALM, a clear description of the intervention, and a manualized guide to aid in its delivery. Situated in the context of early palliative care, this text is destined to be become essential reading for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychological support to patients and their families who face the practical and profound problems of advanced disease.
Author: Robert Ferguson Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197521592 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 176
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Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) may affect nearly half of all cancer survivors and can persist for years after completing cancer treatment. Memory and Attention Adaptation Training (MAAT) is a cognitive-behavioral therapy offering evidence-based, nonpharmacological treatment of this common survivorship condition. Organized into a session-by-session Clinician Manual and related Survivor Workbook, MAAT is conducted in eight treatment visits and has been demonstrated effective when delivered through telehealth technology, so survivors can readily fit MAAT into their busy lives. The MAAT Clinician Manual provides a clearly written summary of the scientific literature on CRCI and detailed guidance for each visit, including an agenda outline, in-depth discussion, and accompanying fidelity checklist in the appendix. Designed to be used in conjunction with the Survivor Workbook, the Clinician Manual also includes the full text of the workbook in a separate appendix, giving clinicians convenient one-volume access to the complete material.
Author: Monica Castiglione Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0387751157 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 483
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Adjuvant treatment is administered prior to or as follow up to surgical procedures for breast cancer. Proven success in using medical therapies allowing for breast conserving procedures or reducing risk of occurrence. Although there has been much progress towards a cure, including the introduction of new targeted therapies, metastasizing cancer remains highly incurable.
Author: Gianni Bonadonna Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1841844187 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 426
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With the current advances in chemotherapy and hormonal drugs for breast cancer, as well as in surgical techniques and procedures, a revised edition of this popular textbook has become increasingly necessary. Completely overhauling the existing material, the editors of this important work have provided a full update of the area, focusing in particular upon the topics where there has been most progress and controversy.
Author: Erin O'Farrell Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Advances in cancer treatment have led to increasing numbers of survivors left to struggle with the long-term adverse effects of disease and treatment. Many possible effects have been described including anxiety, depression, as well as physical side effects and consequences of cancer treatment. One particular adverse effect that is frequently reported but often overlooked in clinical practice is disturbances of cognitive functioning. Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a growing area of research with important clinical implications for current patients and survivors. Despite a huge increase in this research endeavour in the last 20 years, many important questions remain unanswered due, in large part, to methodological limitations of many of the studies. The overall goal of this dissertation is to critically examine previous CRCI research from a methodological perspective. It will explore limitations and confounds in this research and provide suggestions for improving future work. This dissertation is comprised of three manuscripts, a critical literature review and two original papers, addressing specific research questions. The first original paper addresses the disparity between the results of objective (performance-based) and subjective (self-report) measures of cognition that is typically observed in samples of cancer patients, using multilevel modeling to explore the hypothesis that this is due to failure to address measures of change over time. Despite negative findings, the methodological approach taken to this research question provided greater evidence for this subjective-objective disparity as well as methodological suggestions for future studies. The second original paper explores the sensitivity and validity of a computerized cognitive test for measuring CRCI to determine if it might be an appropriate alternative to traditional, resource-intensive neuropsychological testing. This study found that, although the computerized measure of cognitive functioning was not sensitive enough to detect changes at the individual level or within specific domains, it was sensitive to changes in cognitive functioning at the group level suggesting its usefulness as a screening tool in research settings. By addressing methodological limitations of research to date and, specifically, the two issues identified above, this dissertation aims to a) make recommendations to help improve the quality of future research, b) validate the cognitive complaints of cancer patients, and c) improve access to cognitive assessments leading to increased detection and treatment of cognitive side effects and improvement in quality of life of cancer survivors.
Author: Barbara K. Lipska Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 1328787273 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 213
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In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipska's deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind. Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including dementia and her professional specialty, schizophrenia. Lipska's family and associates were alarmed by the changes in her behavior, which she failed to acknowledge herself. Gradually, after a course of immunotherapy, Lipska returned to normal functioning, amazingly recalled her experience, and through her knowledge of neuroscience identified the ways in which her brain changed during treatment. Lipska admits her condition was unusual; after recovery she was able to return to her research and resume her athletic training and compete in a triathalon. Most patients with similar brain cancers rarely survive to describe their ordeal. Lipska's memoir, coauthored with journalist Elaine McArdle, shows that strength and courage but also an encouraging support network are vital to recovery.
Author: Lynne P. Taylor Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199897794 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 230
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Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor is a guide for anyone affected by brain tumors and their associated conditions-patients, family members, friends, and caregivers. Providing readily accessible information and real-world encouragement to people living with primary and metastatic brain tumors and their caregivers, this book discusses the basics of brain tumors, types of tumors, management of different tumors, related symptoms, treatments and side effects, the role of medical team members, and coping strategies from initial diagnosis throughout the course of the illness. At the same time, it also offers practical suggestions on symptom management and lifestyle modification, as well as real-life anecdotes and advice from both patients and family members and friends who are experiencing this diagnosis.