ABSTRACT

Young medical oncologists, who may often find themselves faced by major complications caused by cancer or by cancer treatment, will welcome this handbook as a highly useful tool to develop their knowledge and skills in the area.

Initiated by the European Society for Medical Oncology’s (ESMO) Young Medical Oncologists Working Group, this succinct text has been written by a distinguished team of young medical oncologists and senior figures in the field, and is designed to provide oncologists with a secure practical grounding in the correct courses of action to follow in an emergency.

The key topics covered include:

* cardiovascular complications

* neurological complications

* renal and urologic complications

* metabolic complications

* respiratory complications

* gastro-intestinal complications

* hematologic complications

* cancer pain.

chapter 1|3 pages

Cardiac complications of cancer and anticancer treatment

Honda Federico Hospital das Clínicas, Brazil Malignant pericardial effusion and cardiac

chapter |1 pages

Cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure (CHF)

Etiology

chapter |3 pages

Prevention and treatment

Etiology

chapter 2|1 pages

Thromboembolic events

Hôpital Universitaire Arnaud de Villeneuve, France

chapter |3 pages

Evaluation

Deep venous thrombosis

chapter |1 pages

Management

Primary prophylaxis

chapter |3 pages

Deep venous thrombosis

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 3|3 pages

Superior vena cava syndrome

Medical Center For Diagnosis and Ambulatory Treatment, Romania University Hospital Craiova, Romania

chapter |3 pages

Treatment

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 4|3 pages

Complications of central venous devices

Institut Gustace Roussy, France Intravascular cathether-related infections Evaluation

chapter |1 pages

Mechanical complications

Occlusion of central venous access device No backward flow

chapter 5|4 pages

Septic shock

Hospital San Jaime, Spain Definition

chapter |4 pages

Hemodynamic support

chapter 6|1 pages

Extravasation of chemotherapy

Institut Gustave Roussy, France ZNA Middelheim, Belgium

chapter |5 pages

Symptoms

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 7|4 pages

Spinal cord compression

Hospital San Carlos, Argentina

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 8|1 pages

Complications of brain metastases

Bellaria Hospital, Italy

chapter |4 pages

Evaluation and diagnosis

chapter 9|5 pages

Renal failure and urologic emergencies in cancer patients

Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

chapter |2 pages

Evaluation

chapter |7 pages

Treatment of acute renal failure

chapter 10|1 pages

Hypercalcemia

Medical Oncology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium

chapter |6 pages

Prostaglandins

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 11|1 pages

Acute tumor lysis syndrome

University of Würzburg, Germany

chapter |2 pages

Etiology

Chemotherapy

chapter |4 pages

Electrocardiogram

Prevention of ATLS

chapter 12|2 pages

Dyspnea and respiratory failure

Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands

chapter |3 pages

Anamnesis of the dyspnea

chapter |1 pages

Bronchodilators

chapter 13|5 pages

Pulmonary infections

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain

chapter |5 pages

Non-neutropenic patients

chapter |1 pages

Nausea and vomiting

251 Air Force General Hospital, Greece

chapter |1 pages

Treatment-induced

chapter |2 pages

Neurologic disorders

Check potential complications Look for a cause if vomiting is not chemotherapy-related

chapter |10 pages

Mucositis

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Suisse

chapter |10 pages

Anemia in cancer

Wilhelminenspital, Austria

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 17|6 pages

Febrile neutropenia

Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen (St Radboud), the Netherlands

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter |4 pages

Bleeding disorders

Ziekenhuisnetwerk-Middelheim, Belgium

chapter |1 pages

Biochemical analyses

Prevention of bleeding

chapter |3 pages

Treatment of bleeding

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 19|2 pages

Management of cancer pain

Institut Gustave Roussy, France

chapter |1 pages

Clinical examination

chapter |6 pages

Principles of treatment