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Supportive Care in Cancer Patients (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
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Supportive Care in Cancer Patients (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 108
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The symposium on supportive care in cancer patients, which took
place in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on February 18-21, 1987, wel
comed renowned experts in the field and more than 600 partici pants
from 25 countries with the aim of stimulating discussion on how to
improve our professional skills and personal attitudes to ward
cancer patients in all stages of their disease. Why did we or
ganize such a symposium on supportive care in cancer patients?
Recent decades have witnessed remarkable success in cancer treat
ment, and we have learned how to cure a finite number of neoplas
tic diseases. Some malignant tumors that previously entailed high
fatality rates, such as leukemias, lymphomas, and testicular can
cers, can now be cured, even when at an advanced stage. Yet it
seems to many that our struggle to improve results and to fight
death from cancer has also imposed greater toxicity on patients.
Conventional scientifically based oncology has only recently made
adequate efforts to improve the subjective quality of life of
cancer patients, for example through prophylaxis against emesis,
nausea, and scalp hypothermia, pain control and the development of
psy chosocial support structures. The search for less toxic and yet
equally effective treatment measures has not been one of our pri
mary goals in the past. Supportive care has always been part of
nurses' professional aim, even though many have not known how best
to offer it.
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