Supportive Care in Cancer Patients

Management of Cancer Pain.- Differential Diagnosis of Pain in Cancer Patients.- Optimal Pharmacological Control of Chronic Cancer Pain.- Epidural Opiates and Nerve Blocks.- Electrostimulation and Neurosurgical Measures in Cancer Pain.- Treatment of Pain in the Cancer Patient: The Role of the Nurse.- Management of Bleeding and Infection.- Coagulation Disorders Associated with Neoplastic Disease.- Hematological Support in Patients Undergoing Allogenetic Bone Marrow Transplantation.- Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Febrile Granulocytopenic Cancer Patients: Lessons from Four EORTC Trials.- Managing, Fungal and Viral Infection in the Immunocompromised Host.- Aspects of Infections in Children with Cancer.- Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Fungal Infection in Acute Leukemia Patients.- Management of Treatment Side-Effects.- Controlling Emesis in Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy.- Corticosteroids as Antiemetics.- Hypnotherapy as Antiemetic Treatment in Cancer Chemotherapy.- Fighting Alopecia in Cancer Chemotherapy.- Managing Side-Effects in Radiotherapy with Regard to the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Palliative Surgery in Cancer Patients.- Principles and Potential of Palliative Surgery in Patients with Advanced Cancer.- Palliative and Supportive Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer.- Surgical Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology.- Prognostic Significance of Nutritional Status in Cancer Surgery.- Surgical Management of Tumor-Related Limb Fractures.- Surgical Management of Tumor-Related Spinal Instability.- Cancer and Nutrition.- Indications for and Results of Nutritional Therapy in Cancer Patients.- Parenteral Nutrition in Tumor Patients.- Nutritional Management of the Ambulatory Patient.- Nutritional Management of the Childhood Cancer Patient.- Malnutrition and the Role of Nutritional Support for Radiation Therapy Patients.- Vitamins and Cancer.- Unproven Dietary Methods of Treatment of Oncology Patients.- Psychosocial Care in Cancer Patients.- Liaison Psychiatry on an Oncology Ward.- Psychological Issues in Patients with Hematological Malignancies.- Psychotherapy in Support of Patients Undergoing Antineoplastic Chemotherapy.- Psychotherapy in Patients Cured of Gynecological Cancers.- Music Therapy in Support of Cancer Patients.- Psychosocial Support of Cancer Patients: A Training Program for Oncology Staff.- Cancer in Children and Families.- Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology.- Cancer: A Family Disruption.- Quality of Life/Education About Cancer.- Psychological and Social Support of Cancer Patients: Report on a Program of the Radiotherapy Department, Erlangen.- Quality of Life for Patients Receiving Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy.- Public Information and Professional Education About Cancer.- The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Supportive Care of Cancer Patients.