Practical, concise, and based on the current best evidence, the Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing is the essential aid for all nurses involved in the care of patients with cancer.

• Introduction


• 1: Introduction


• The Cancer Problem


• 2: Cancer epidemiology


• 3: Cancer biology


• 4: Cancer prevention and screening


• The Experience of Cancer


• 5: Living with and beyond cancer


• 6: Gail Eva: The social experience of cancer


• Supportive and palliative care


• 7: Supportive care


• 8: Patient information and involvement


• 9: Psychological, social, and spiritual support


• 10: Gail Eva: Rehabilitation of the cancer patient


• 11: Complementary therapies


• 12: Susi Lund: Palliative care


• 13: Ethics in cancer care


• Clinical management of cancer


• 14: Diagnosis and staging


• 15: Surgery and cancer


• 16: Paula Horne and Richard Brown: Radiotherapy


• 17: Systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT)


• 18: Toby Eyre: High dose therapy (autologous transplant)


• 19: Toby Eyre: Allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation


• 20: Clinical trials


• Management of major cancers


• 21: Bone and soft tissue cancers


• 22: Breast cancer


• 23: Central nervous system cancer


• 24: Colorectal cancer


• 25: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)


• 26: Endocrine cancers


• 27: Anne Margrethe Phillips: Upper gastrointestinal cancers


• 28: Sammi Kaur-Gill: Genitourinary cancers


• 29: Gynaecological cancers


• 30: Toby Eyre: Haematological cancers


• 31: Head and neck cancers


• 32: HIV related malignancies


• 33: Lung cancer


• 34: Heidi Allen: Skin cancer


• 35: Karen Sherbourne: Teenage and young adult cancer


• Symptom management


• 36: Assessment


• 37: Toby Eyre: Bone marrow suppression


• 38: Toby Eyre: Blood product support


• 39: Thrombosis


• 40: Altered bowel function


• 41: Cancer-related breathlessness


• 42: Cancer-related fatigue


• 43: Malignant effusions


• 44: Nausea and vomiting


• 45: Nutritional disorders


• 46: John Curtin: Pain management


• 47: Susi Lund: Symptom management at the end of life


• 48: Psychological reactions to cancer


• 49: Other psychological problems encountered in people with cancer


• 50: Bridget Taylor: Sexuality and cancer


• 51: Skin and mucosal alterations


• Oncological emergencies


• 52: Oncological emergencies

Mike Tadman is an Acute Oncology Advanced Nurse Practitioner, working at the Oxford University Hospitals Trust. He specialises in neuroendocrine tumours, and has published multiple papers on reviews of practice and methods of monitoring disease progression. He is involved with NET Natter, an Oxford-based support and networking group for people affected by neuroendocrine tumours.
Dave Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Cancer and Palliative Care at Oxford Brookes University, where he has worked since 1999. As a nurse specialising in the care of people with cancer and haematological conditions, he worked in the Oxford Psycho-oncology Service from 1995 until 2014. His interests include communication and psychological interventions in healthcare, and global aspects of health and education. He edited Mental Health Liaison: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals, and he is author of Psychosocial Nursing Care. A Guide to Nursing the Whole Person.
Mark Foulkes has been in post as Nurse Consultant and Lead Cancer Nurse at the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust since 2007. He trained as a general nurse at St Marys Hospital in Paddington, qualifying in 1991.
He links with Oxford Brookes University and lectures there on a regular basis. He works clinically on the Acute Oncology Team and in 2016 received a 'Pride of Reading' award for his work with cancer patients. In 2018 he was elected to the board of the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS).
Mark has presented and written on a range of subjects and has a particular interest in nurse-led services, innovative approaches to chemotherapy and the political backdrop to cancer services.