Cancer Supportive Care: Advances in Therapeutic Strategies PDF

Preface

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated. ~Plato

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. ~Winston Churchill

We are living unquestionably in the most exciting of times for medical care in general and cancer research and treatment in particular. The rate at which scientific advances are occurring and translating into improved medical diagnostics and therapeutics is clearly breathtaking. And anyone familiar with the pipeline of promising new agents as well as novel therapeutic targets arising out of our improved understanding of the basic molecular biology and genetics of cancer stands in awe at what the future almost certainly will provide to future victims of this dread disease. Honest reflection clearly demonstrates that, as important as the development of novel therapeutics has been to our progress against cancer, equally important has been the rapid and continuing progress in our ability to support patients through cancer treatment to better cope with the life changing symptoms of the disease itself.

Cancer Supportive Care: Advances in Therapeutic Strategies brings into a single volume many of the most important advances in supportive care which have enabled exciting improvements in longevity and enhanced the quality of life of patients with cancer each presented by the very leaders that have developed and studied such means of improved patient care. We wish to extend our very sincere thanks to this outstanding representation of thought leaders and investigators who have participated in assembling this impressive repository of information on the latest advances in cancer supportive care.