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RC266 - Nursing Tips, Self-Care
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- RC266.B300.1 - Self-Care and Activities of Daily Living
Judy Bray, OC, Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - Assistive devices or gadgets to conserve energy for Eating, Drinking, Bathing, Dressing, Cooking, Toilet and Houswork Aids will help you develop independence and self-esteem. Satisfaction can be gained from recovering from and illness or injury. Check for safety in the home and keep emergency numbers. When you are tired and weak, it is all too easy to have an accident that could slow your recovery or even reverse your physical status dramatically.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/selfcare.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC266.H362.1 - Oncology Nursing Tips
Margaret Hawn, RN, BSN -
When a life is touched by a cancer diagnosis, whether it be your own, a
family member, or a friend, many questions immediately come to
mind. Oftentimes the first concerns are about treatment issues such as,
Will I have to have chemotherapy or radiation?, What is it like to get
a treatment?
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/nurse.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC266.M511.1 - Bed Rest, Skin Care and Bedsore Prevention
Becky Moore, RN and Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - During sleep, we change position many times a night to keep muscles moving, stop cramping, stimulate blood circulation and prevent skin breakdown. Steps to avoid bedsores and muscle atrophy include - Choosing the right bed or mattress, Frequent change of position, An exercise program. If you are immobile and unable to turn over by yourself, it is important that your family helper understands the need for frequent repositioning - every two hours is a good rule of thumb. Heat and massage help increase the blood supply to the skin.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/bed.html
Link added 2008-09-26;
RC268.3 - Immunotherapy
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- RC268.3.P352.1 - Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment
John W. Park, MD; Christopher C. Benz, MD - The concept of immunotherapy is based on the body
natural defense system, which protects us against a variety of diseases
including cancer.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/immunotherapy.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26
RC268.6 - Cancer and Environment
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- RC268.6.K519.1 - Cancer Survivors and Toxins
Mary Kreger, DrPH and Katherine Sargent, BA Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco - Exposure to tobacco, chemicals, some viruses and bacteria, certain hormones, alcohol, poor diet, and sunlight can increase the risk of cancer. Below are some lists of known carcinogens and their relationship to cancer. Advocacy and raising awareness more stringent regulation of environmental toxins can lead to decreases in carcinogens.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/toxin.html
Link added 2008-09-24;
RC268.7 - Alcohol and Cancer
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- RC268.7.R68.1 - Alcohol and Cancer Survivors
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD -
Alcohol has been shown to be a small to modest cancer risk factor. Breast tissue is sensitive to estrogen and types of estrogen are known to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Alcohol increases the need for folic acid. If you drink and smoke, you multiply the carcinogen effect of each substance and increase your risk of oral and throat cancer.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/Survivor/alcohol.html
Link added 2008-09-26;
RC268.15 - Chemoprevention
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- RC268.15.R68.1 - Chemoprevention to Prevent Cancer
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - Chemoprevention is a new, recent approach to cancer prevention. It is important to select those at very high risk and target this population for chemopreventive trials and treatment.
Substantial gains have occurred in prevention for Breast, Colon, and Prostate cancers.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/chemoprevention.html
Link added 2008-09-26
RC268.65 - Cancer Risk Assesment
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- RC268.65.K382.1 - Cancer Risk Assessment
Patricia T. Kelly, PhD - Genetic cancer risk, What you hear, Hormonal Therapy, Secondary Cancers, Environment Information
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/risk.html
First appeared 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC268.65.K382.2 - Cancer Risk Assessment Introduction
- Patricia T. Kelly, PhD
Even though most cancers are not hereditary, in considering how cancers arise, we need to consider the genes.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/riskintro.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC268.65.K382.3 - Patricia T. Kelly's Cancer Risk Assessment Services
- Patricia T. Kelly, PhD
Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D., Medical Geneticist, offers cancer risk assessment services for individuals with questions about cancer risk and individuals with cancer.
http://www.ptkelly.com
Link added 2008-11-24; - RC268.65.R68.1 - Genetics and Cancer Survivorship
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - Combination of environmental effects and genetic changes can proceed to develop cancer. Genetic counseling and testing may be used to evaluate your hereditary history and make appropriate recommendations. More than 90 percent of familial breast cancer cases are caused by DNA mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 oncogenes
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/Survivor/genetic.html
Link added 2008-09-26; - RC268.65.U238,1 - Cancer Risk Program, UCSF
University of California at San Francisco - Cancer Risk Program at the University of California at San Francisco
http://www.cancerlynx.com/geneticrisk.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC268.65.Z106.1 - Hereditary Susceptibility to Cancer
John L. Ziegler, MD, MSc - Individuals at hereditary risk often develop more agressive tumors at an earlier age than the general population.
http://www.cancerlynx.com/hereditary.html
Link added 2006-10-23; reviewed 2008-09-26
RC269 - Secondary, Metastatic Cancers
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- RC269.A5.1 - You Ain't Dead
Alexandra Andrews and Barbara Jo Johnson -
http://www.cancerlynx.com/newmets.html
Link added 2006-08-19 - RC269.A118.1 - Treating Metastatic Disease
Kathleen Allen, RN - The realistic goal in treating metastatic disease is to beat it back for as long as you can.
http://www.cancerlynx.com/metstreat.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2007-07-07 - RC269.K108.1 - Mothers with Metastatic Cancer
Judy Kean-Lunsford - While it is grim to live with metastatic cancer, it is important to try to give your child the most normal life possible.
http://www.cancerlynx.com/metsmother.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC269.L127.1 - Things to Do For Metastatic Cancer Patients
Lee Law and Carol Law - This list is intended as a help guideline of things that may be done to help improve the quality of care for the cancer patient. It is also a guide line for what to prepare for in the advent of death.
http://www.cancerlynx.com/metsguide.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2007-07-07 - RC269.M250.1 - The Unfortunate Club: or, Who Needs A Mets-Only List?
Masked Patient - Women with metastatic cancer -- mets -- are sometimes not welcome, in some support groups, because they represent all the difficulties and failures in the treatment of this horrible disease. The newly-diagnosed simply do not want to think that it could happen to them... but should denial be pampered
http://www.cancerlynx.com/metslist.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC269.R68.1 - The Occurrence of a Second Cancer or a New Cancer in Cancer Survivors
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD - A new or a secondary cancer is related to specific risk factors - type of cancer and aggressiveness, genetic and family history, age, treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormone replacement therapy. Includes warning signs for these cancers - Pulmonary, Oral, Head, Neck, Breast, Neurological, Brain, Hematological, Blood, Skin, Bone, Gastrointestinal, Genital, Urinary, Ovarian. A medical care provider relationship will improve chances of catching recurrent or new cancers at a more treatable stage.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/Survivor/second.html
Link added 2008-09-26; reviewed 2008-08-02 - RC269.S75.1 - How to access the CLUB-METS archives
Glenda Strieter - Club Mets has an archive function that allows members to search for previous emails based on subject, a certain text string, or sender. Many of us don't use the archives often, so when we do want to use them we've forgotten how we did it before
http://www.cancerlynx.com/clubmetsarchive.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-10-08 - RC269.S75.2 - THE RULES: Rules for Club-Mets-BC Members
Glenda Strieter -
Respect for others and their opinions. The primary purpose of this list is for us to have a place to share and support each other on this journey that we're on. Each of us is entitled to be able to share thoughts, feelings and opinions in an atmosphere of tolerance and trus
http://www.cancerlynx.com/clubmetsrules.html
Link added 2006-09-01; reviewed 2008-10-08 - RC269.V306.1 - Metastatic Cancer
Alan P. Venook, MD and Sabrina Selim, MD -
When a cancer spreads (metastasizes) from its original
site to another area of the body, it is termed metastatic cancer.
Virtually all cancers have the potential to spread this way.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/metastatic.html
Link added 2002-06-12; reviewed 2007-11-07
RC270 - Educational Resources
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- RC270.C262.1 - Cancer Supportive Care Books and Handouts
Cancer Supportive Care Team - Everyones Guide to Cancer Supportive Care, Survivorship, and Therapy, Life After - A Roadmap for Cancer Survivors, The Legacy Project Capturing the Memories of the Past and Planning for the Future, You Are Not Alone (YANA), Mucositis: Problems and Solutions, Post Breast Therapy Pain Syndrome (PBTPS), and Using a Computer with cancer therapy complications, emphasize physical, psychological, social and spiritual health in the context of a life-threatening illness that can incapacitate and isolate people.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/bookorder.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26 - RC270.H302.1 - Cancer Education and Information Resources
Susan Molloy Hubbard, BS, RN, MPA - You can never have enough information about every
aspect of your disease. With decisive information, better care
decisions can be made to guide you to optimal interventions.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/education.html
Link added 2006-05-21; reviewed 2008-09-26
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