Principle of Nursing in Oncology - New Challenges

Basis of carcinogenesis; Epidemiology and prevention; Evidence-based nursing in basic anticancer treatment - management of the most important side effects; The patients' journey with targeted therapies; Immunotherapy - new challenges for nursing; Robotic surgery; Relation competences; Nursing diagnosis specific to oncology; Model of announcing a diagnosis of cancer - the French experience; Therapeutic education; The advanced breast cancer nurse - a key role in the metastatic breast cancer patient health itinerary; Gynecological cancer; The patient journey in prostate cancer - key points for nurses; Bladder cancer and renal cancer; Management of pleural burden in metastatic lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma; Gastric cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Evidence-based nursing of patients with hematologic malignancies; Advanced nursing practice - The way to go? - How to progress in your speciality; Children with cancer - communication, an essential component of care; Support of teenagers and young adults with cancer; Elderlies; Rare tumours; Supportive care in cancer; Genetic counseling; Oncology in the primary care; eHealth, ePatient; Patient as actor of his treatment - shared decision-making; Addendum - useful links

This book provides a unique overview of oncology nursing care in a new health environment, one in which oncology nurses play an increasingly important role. In this regard, it addresses not only the biomedical aspects of new drugs but also the challenges they pose in day-to-day nursing practice. It also highlights the new skills that oncology nurses will need to develop in light of the changing care setting.