Download or read book Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care written by William Hamilton and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One quarter of UK deaths are from cancer, and the large majority of these tumours initially present to primary care. The aim of the book is to inform primary care clinicians about the way cancer presents to primary care, and how they can select patients for investigation. It includes chapters on screening, systemic symptoms (which may be present with a number of cancers), and the terms used in cancer epidemiology. A final section of 'case-studies' offers an important opportunity for teaching or self-assessment. Co-edited by an academic GP and a primary care methodologist, thus ensuring it is perfectly tailored to primary care Multi-contributor in nature, ensuring that the most up-to-date information on each cancer is accurately provided Includes latest research findings Discusses reorganisation of cancer diagnostics Explores changes in cancer screening Clarifies everyday diagnostic difficulties, lessening the chance of GPs missing a malignancy Improves appropriateness of patient care Improves risk management skills Gives 'spin free' facts in an accessible, easy writing style Avoids unnecessary jargon Gives guidance on the NICE guidelines Covers all of the major cancers Case studies included which can be used for CME/revalidation

Download or read book Diagnosing Cancer in Primary Care written by Nicholas Summerton and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise primary-care guide which outlines the epidemiological data, risk factors, symptoms and signs of the more common cancers, along with the place and value of investigations.

Download or read book The American Cancer Society s Principles of Oncology written by The American Cancer Society and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed by the American Cancer Society this new textbook designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners is a comprehensive reference covering the diagnosis of cancer, and a range of related issues that are key to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer and critical to cancer control and may be used in conjunction with the book, The American Cancer Society's Oncology in Practice: Clinical Management. Edited by leading clinicians in the field and a stellar contributor list from the US and Europe, this book is written in an easy to understand style by multidisciplinary teams of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other specialists, reflecting day-to-day decision-making and clinical practice. Input from pathologists, surgeons, radiologists, and other specialists is included wherever relevant and comprehensive treatment guidelines are provided by expert contributors where there is no standard recognized treatment. This book is an ideal resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of cancer prevention, screening, and follow-up, which are central to the ACS's worldwide mission on cancer control.

Download or read book Ensuring Quality Cancer Care written by National Cancer Policy Board and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-08-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all want to believe that when people get cancer, they will receive medical care of the highest quality. Even as new scientific breakthroughs are announced, though, many cancer patients may be getting the wrong care, too little care, or too much care, in the form of unnecessary procedures. How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive picture of how cancer care is delivered in our nation, from early detection to end-of-life issues. The National Cancer Policy Board defines quality care and recommends how to monitor, measure, and extend quality care to all people with cancer. Approaches to accountability in health care are reviewed. What keeps people from getting care? The book explains how lack of medical coverage, social and economic status, patient beliefs, physician decision-making, and other factors can stand between the patient and the best possible care. The board explores how cancer care is shaped by the current focus on evidence-based medicine, the widespread adoption of managed care, where services are provided, and who provides care. Specific shortfalls in the care of breast and prostate cancer are identified. A status report on health services research is included. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care offers wide-ranging data and information in clear context. As the baby boomers approach the years when most cancer occurs, this timely volume will be of special interest to health policy makers, public and private healthcare purchasers, medical professionals, patient advocates, researchers, and people with cancer.

Download or read book Multi Cancer Early Detection written by Candace Westgate, DO, MPH, FACOG and published by Integritas Communications. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multimedia educational activity has been designed to help primary care clinicians—the most important facilitators of preventive health care and cancer screening—understand the science behind MCED tests, interpret trial data, and explore the potential role for MCED testing in the routine cancer screening paradigm. The activity will also address the incorporation of MCED testing into primary care practice, including the use of shared decision-making to determine patient eligibility and appropriate diagnostic follow-up in response to a positive test.

Download or read book Holland Frei Cancer Medicine written by Robert C. Bast, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 2004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, Ninth Edition, offers a balanced view of the most current knowledge of cancer science and clinical oncology practice. This all-new edition is the consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists, and others who treat cancer patients. A translational perspective throughout, integrating cancer biology with cancer management providing an in depth understanding of the disease An emphasis on multidisciplinary, research-driven patient care to improve outcomes and optimal use of all appropriate therapies Cutting-edge coverage of personalized cancer care, including molecular diagnostics and therapeutics Concise, readable, clinically relevant text with algorithms, guidelines and insight into the use of both conventional and novel drugs Includes free access to the Wiley Digital Edition providing search across the book, the full reference list with web links, illustrations and photographs, and post-publication updates

Download or read book Primary Care Oncology written by Kathryn L. Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first oncology reference written specifically by, and for physician assistants and nurse practitioners! Using an algorithm-based approach and an organization by body region, this new resource provides concise, yet authoritative guidance on cancer screening and prevention, early detection, referral, post-treatment care, and other topics of essential importance to the entire health care team.

Download or read book Testing Treatments written by Imogen Evans and published by Pinter & Martin Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a thought-provoking account of how medical treatments can be tested with unbiased or 'fair' trials and explains how patients can work with doctors to achieve this vital goal. It spans the gamut of therapy from mastectomy to thalidomide and explores a vast range of case studies.

Download or read book Cancer Screening written by Khalid Aziz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cancer Screening: A Practical Guide for Physicians, a panel of highly experienced clinicians and researchers from around the world present their up-to-date screening techniques for a wide variety of cancers. The techniques range from screening for breast, gynecological, and gastrointestinal cancers, to testing for urogenital, dermatological, and respiratory cancers. In addition to providing the busy practitioner with quick access to guidelines for particular cancers, the epidemiology and biology of the various cancers, as well as the sensitivity and specificity of the methods, are discussed in detail. Authoritative and physician-friendly, Cancer Screening: A Practical Guide for Physicians offers to all internists, oncologists, various subspecialists, and primary care physicians a concise practical review of cancer screening designed specifically for daily use in the consulting room.

Download or read book Early Cancer Detection in Primary Care written by Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD and published by Integritas Communications. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite significant advances in therapy, cancer continues to impose enormous medical, economic, and social burdens. Each year in the United States, approximately 1700 people die from cancer each day, making it the leading cause of mortality in people younger than 80 years old. The costs of treating cancer, including drugs, hospitalization, and ambulatory care, exceed $157 billion annually. Indirect costs, including lost productivity and absenteeism, add nearly another $100 billion to the tally. Early detection is an essential step in reducing the burdens of cancer. Identifying cancer at its earliest stages improves outcomes by allowing therapy to begin sooner, decreasing treatment costs and complexity, reducing morbidity and mortality, and improving quality of life. Liquid biopsy–based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests have been developed to support population-based screening of asymptomatic individuals for dozens of cancer types. This multimedia educational activity has been designed to help primary care clinicians—the most important facilitators of preventive healthcare and cancer screening—understand the technology behind MCED tests, interpret data from clinical trials, engage in shared decision-making to determine which patients should be tested, and plan for follow-up examinations in response to a positive test.

Download or read book Oncology in Primary Care written by Michal Rose and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oncology in Primary Care is for primary care clinicians who need practical and concise information on caring for their patients with cancer. Written in an easy-to-browse format, chapters cover risk factors, prevention, screening, prognosis, and surveillance strategies—valuable information that helps primary care clinicians advise their patients regarding therapeutic and end-of-life decisions and become true partners in the care of their patients with cancer. Each chapter also includes an abundance of figures and tables to help clinicians find quick answers to questions commonly encountered in the primary care setting. Plus, a companion website is available allowing easy accessibility to the content.

Download or read book Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-05-07 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer ranks second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, making it a tremendous burden in years of life lost, patient suffering, and economic costs. Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection reviews the proof that we can dramatically reduce cancer rates. The National Cancer Policy Board, part of the Institute of Medicine, outlines a national strategy to realize the promise of cancer prevention and early detection, including specific and wide-ranging recommendations. Offering a wealth of information and directly addressing major controversies, the book includes: A detailed look at how significantly cancer could be reduced through lifestyle changes, evaluating approaches used to alter eating, smoking, and exercise habits. An analysis of the intuitive notion that screening for cancer leads to improved health outcomes, including a discussion of screening methods, potential risks, and current recommendations. An examination of cancer prevention and control opportunities in primary health care delivery settings, including a review of interventions aimed at improving provider performance. Reviews of professional education and training programs, research trends and opportunities, and federal programs that support cancer prevention and early detection. This in-depth volume will be of interest to policy analysts, cancer and public health specialists, health care administrators and providers, researchers, insurers, medical journalists, and patient advocates.

Download or read book Defining Lung Cancer Pre diagnostic Pathways in Primary Care written by Satya Khare and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lung cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in Canada and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Lung cancer survival is highly associated with the stage at which it is diagnosed. The cumulative probability that lung cancer patients survive at least three years (i.e. 3-year net survival) is 71% for those diagnosed at the earliest stage (stage 1) and 5% for those diagnosed at the latest stage (stage 4). In Canada, about 70% of lung cancer patients are diagnosed with late stage disease (stages 3 and 4) emphasizing a need to detect lung cancer earlier. Studies investigating delays in lung cancer diagnosis have shown delays in primary care largely contribute to overall diagnostic delays. In Canada, there is a poor understanding of what transpires in primary care from first patient presentation with signs and symptoms suggestive of lung cancer to referral to a respiratory specialist – otherwise known as the primary care interval. Furthermore, Québec has been shown to have the highest lung cancer mortality rate across Canada yet there are no studies focused in primary care in Québec. In order to reduce unnecessary diagnostic delays in lung cancer, a solid understanding of the primary care interval is needed to inform targeted improvement strategies. The overall objective of my thesis was to gain an in-depth understanding of the primary care interval of the lung cancer diagnostic pathway (first presentation to referral), referred to as pre-diagnostic pathways, to inform potential improvement strategies aligned with sources of unnecessary delay in the local context of Québec. This was accomplished in five specific objectives – one methods objective (objective 1) and four study objectives (objectives 2-5) – described in four manuscripts. In the first manuscript (objective 1, Chapter 3), I identified strategies to reduce recall bias in patients’ self-reported healthcare utilization in primary care. In the second manuscript, I identified the different lung cancer pre-diagnostic pathways in primary care (objective 2, Chapter 4) based on healthcare utilization data collected from 50 structured patient interviews and chart reviews and analyzed using latent class analysis. I then described the pathways based on patient- and tumor-related characteristics, and sequence of healthcare utilization activities (objective 3, Chapter 4). In the third manuscript (objective 4, Chapter 5), I explored the role of factors that can influence the timeliness of cancer diagnosis – patient, disease, and system factors – on the pre-diagnostic pathways identified. Data was collected from 12 semi-structured patient interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis with a focus on similarities and differences between the pathways. In the fourth manuscript (objective 5, Chapter 6), I identified potential sources of pre-diagnostic delay based on merged findings from the previous two manuscripts. This resulted in supporting evidence for four sources of delay in primary care: missed opportunities for earlier referral, lack of integration between primary and secondary care, ineffectiveness of walk-in clinics, and lack of standardization in the pre-diagnostic process. Finally, I suggested the following coupled improvement strategies: significant event audits, a new diagnostic strategy focused on supporting FP access to respiratory specialists and diagnostic imaging, expansion of the primary care workforce with other healthcare professionals (e.g. nurse practitioners) who can provide care continuity, quality improvement programs at walk-in clinics focused on continuous evaluation of the patient experience, and standardized care pathways"--

Download or read book Cancer in Primary Care written by Martin E. Gore and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by an expert in primary care and an expert in oncology, with input from specialists in oncology, surgery, and palliative care, Cancer in Primary Care profiles each of the major types of cancer in adults and children. Bringing together the different and complementary experiences of oncologists and primary care physicians, the book provides an up-to-date overview of the management of patients with cancer. Covering risk factors, epidemiology, and demographic data and including comments on diagnostic and screening issues, the book contains discussions of management options and reviews therapy choices along with their prognostic implications. Numerous tables, charts, and diagrams support the concise text, with key points summarized in highlighted panels, making the information easily accessible. Each section concludes with up-to-date information on current research, on-going trials, and contact details for support groups for patients and their families. This practical and easy to use resource supplies the information required for the day-to-day management of cancer patients.

Download or read book High Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma written by Chrysalyne D. Schmults and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a cutting-edge resource that provides clinicians with the up-to-date practical knowledge required in order to manage SCC patients optimally. It summarizes newly available information relating to the definition of high-risk SCC, its pathophysiologic underpinnings, and its management. New prognostic information and staging systems are summarized that enable high-risk tumors to be defined more precisely than ever before. Many helpful tips are provided on the practical management of challenging cases, including multiple tumors/field cancerization, high-risk tumors, nodal metastases, and unresectable disease. The authors are all acknowledged experts in the emerging field of high-risk and advanced SCC.​

Download or read book Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care written by R. Douglas Collins and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 1205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three decades, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Carehas helped primary care practitioners to systematically approach the differential diagnosis of the symptoms and signs they see in practice. Organized into categories such as pain, mass, bloody discharge, non-bloody discharge, functional changes, and abnormal laboratory results, this bestselling clinical reference helps you apply your basis science knowledge to consider all of the possible causes of each symptom, and then take the appropriate steps to determine which one is most likely. Apply the latest knowledge due to comprehensive updates throughout the text, including new signs and symptoms, new and expanded case histories, updated diagnostic tests, and more. Interact with patients more effectively with a new section on bedside manner, and get therapeutic guidance from a new section on the treatment of common diseases. Know what to look for thanks to abundant anatomical drawings that highlight relevant features in each body area. Develop your diagnostic skills with cases and clinical questions for each sign or symptom, as well as the framework for thinking through those questions to arrive at the appropriate diagnosis. Select the appropriate diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests to include in the workup. Recognize when to refer a patient to a specialist with a special section on this topic.

Download or read book Evidence Based Diagnosis in Primary Care written by Paul Glasziou and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Medical Association Book Awards 2009 - First Prize Winner, Primary Care Category Evidence-Based Diagnosis in Primary Care provides guidance on diagnosis in general practice, from the patient’s first presentation with a symptom to the final establishment of a diagnosis or referral for further investigation. The book is divided into two parts: • Symptoms; which details the steps necessary to reach a provisional diagnosis when a patient presents; and • Disorders; in which the more detailed assessment of that initial diagnosis is described. This is the first book to be written about diagnosis in primary care that attempts to base its guidance on the research evidence. Enough information is provided on each symptom, or condition, to decide on the pre-test probability of each possible disorder, and how the symptoms, signs and investigations alter those probabilities to allow a conclusion to be reached about the most likely diagnosis. Evidence-Based Diagnosis in Primary Care also explains the principles of evidence-based diagnosis – with special emphasis on the issues raised by attempting an evidence-based approach in primary care – and clearly demonstrates the power, and the difficulties, of an evidence-based approach. Many chapters also feature ‘red flags’ – elements of the history or examination that should alert the practitioner to the possibility of serious disease, which is vital for general practice.