Screen LibraryColorectal cancer in the elderly /
As the population ages, clinicians are facing an increasing number of elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Disease management in these patients poses a unique challenge as they have more comorbidities and lower functional reserves. In addition, the treatment goals may differ from those in younge...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29883-7 |
| Summary: |
As the population ages, clinicians are facing an increasing number of elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Disease management in these patients poses a unique challenge as they have more comorbidities and lower functional reserves. In addition, the treatment goals may differ from those in younger patients. Appropriate management of elderly patients demands a greater understanding of not only the physiological changes but also issues related to the delivery of holistic care. This book discusses in depth the different aspects of management of colorectal cancer in the elderly. After the provision of pertinent background information on the normal physiology of aging, screening and diagnosis are discussed. Subsequent chapters focus on a range of issues associated with the surgical and perioperative care of these patients and with adjuvant treatment and palliative care. Each chapter provides helpful take-home messages in bullet point form, and numerous informative figures and tables are also included. The authors are surgeons, physicians, anesthetists, geriatricians, oncologists, and allied health professionals with extensive experience in the field.This book discusses in depth the different aspects of management of colorectal cancer in the elderly. After the provision of pertinent background information on the normal physiology of aging, screening and diagnosis are discussed. Subsequent chapters focus on a range of issues associated with the surgical and perioperative care of these patients and with adjuvant treatment and palliative care. Each chapter provides helpful take-home messages in bullet point form, and numerous informative figures and tables are also included. The authors are surgeons, physicians, anesthetists, geriatricians, oncologists, and allied health professionals with extensive experience in the field. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783642298837 (electronic bk.) 3642298834 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RC281 |
| CLC: | R735.3 |
| Contents: |
The Normal Physiology of Aging / Screening, Diagnosis, and Investigations for Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly / Risk Stratification for Elderly Surgery / Rational Approach to Cancer in the Elderly / Surgical Considerations Prior to Colorectal Cancer Surgery / Psychosocial Considerations Prior to Surgery / Prehabilitation / Transdisciplinary Care for Elderly Surgical Patients / Anesthesia and Intraoperative Care of Elderly Surgery Patients / Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly Patients / Truths and Myths of Postoperative Care for the Elderly / Nursing Care of the Elderly Surgical Patients / Returning to Premorbid Function After Colorectal Surgery in the Elderly / Perioperative Urinary Problems in Older Surgical Patients / Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Senior Patients After Resection of Colon Cancer / Palliative Care for the Elderly with Colorectal Cancer / |