Cancer nursing: principles and practice

Milestones in our understanding of cancer

Biology of cancer

Immunology

Carcinogenesis

Cancer control and epidemiology

Factors affecting health behavior

Cultural diversity among individuals with cancer

Dynamics of cancer prevention

Assessment and interventions for cancer detection

Counseling on genetic risk for cancer

Diagnostic evaluation, classification, and staging

Quality of life as an outcome of cancer care

Principles of treatment planning and clinical research

Surgical therapy

Principles of radiotherapy

Radiotherapy administration and techniques

Radiation therapy: toxicities and management

Chemotherapy: principles of therapy

Chemotherapy: principles of administration

Chemotherapy: toxicity management

Principles of bone marrow and hematopoietic cell transplantation

Techniques of hematopoietic cell transplantation

Complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation

Biotherapy

Gene therapy

Late effects of cancer treatment

Alternative and complementary therapies in cancer management

Assessment of cancer pain

Management of cancer pain

Infection

Bleeding

Fatigue

Nutritional disturbances

Hypercalcemia

Paraneoplastic syndromes

Malignant effusions and edemas

Sexual and reproductive dysfunction

Cardiac tamponade

Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Septic shock

Spinal cord compression

Superior vena cava syndrome

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

AIDS-related malignancies

Bone and soft-tissue sarcoma

Bladder and kidney cancer

Breast cancer

Central nervous system cancers

Cervical cancer

Colorectal cancer

Endocrine malignancies

Endometrial cancer

Esophageal cancer

Gallbladder and bile duct cancer

Head and neck malignancies

Leukemia

Liver cancer: primary and metastatic disease

Lung cancers

Malignant lymphomas

Multiple myeloma

Ovarian cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Prostate cancer

Skin cancers

Stomach cancer

Testicular germ cell cancer

Vulvar and vaginal cancer

Psychosocial responses to cancer

Physical, economic, and social issues confronting patients and families

Spiritual and ethical end-of-life concerns

Quality of care

Patient education and support

Hospital care

Ambulatory care

Home care

Hospice and palliative care

Advancing cancer nursing through nursing education

Role of the oncology advanced practice nurse

Advancing cancer nursing through nursing research

Ethical issues in cancer nursing practice

Transforming cancer care through informatics

Policy, politics, and oncology nursing

Thriving as an oncology nurse

Resources for cancer nurses.