The UK Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Handbook of Supportive Oncology
The UK Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Handbook of Supportive Oncology
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032440082 | 174 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 12 MB
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032440082 | 174 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 12 MB
What does supportive oncology do that palliative care doesn’t already do? Answering that question forms part of the rationale behind this text. Supportive oncology is delivered across the whole cancer experience from diagnosis through treatment to post-treatment care, and so necessitates the involvement of most clinical specialties and many non-clinical services. Palliative care – which focuses on advanced disease and end of life – has a special and important role within this broader and longer-term scope of supportive care in cancer.