Chapter 2: Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy.
- Resource Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Hwang, Jessica P.; Cooper, Sarah E.; Gagel, Robert F.
- Source
- Medical Care of Cancer Patients. 2009, p3-9. 7p. 2 Charts.
- Subject
- *CANCER patients
*SYMPTOMS
*CANCER treatment
- Language
Chapter 2 of the book "Medical Care of Cancer Patients" is presented. It provides the framework for the thought process and knowledge that will enable the reader particularly the internist and oncologist to be able to sort through the complaints of the cancer patient and identify the symptoms that are unique and separable from those in patients without cancer. It discusses the various local and systemic effects of cancer as well as the effects of cancer therapies.