1st Edition

The UK Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Handbook of Supportive Oncology

Edited By Richard Berman, Ben Heyworth, Ashique Ahamed Copyright 2025
174 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

174 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

174 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

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... Read more

List of contributors
Section I: Setting the Scene
1. Introduction - Richard Berman, Emily Kellett, and Sam H. Ahmedzai.

Section II: Clinical Challenges for Supportive Oncology
2. Managing Treatment and Cancer-Related Acute Iissues - Acute Oncology - Tim Cooksley.
3. Pain and Symptom Management.
A. Pain Assessment - Dan Monnery, Joanne Collins, Lesley Howells, and Jennifer Vidrine.
B. Symptom Management - Charlotte Leach, Jo Thompson, and Ashique Ahamed.
C. Cancer-Associated Thrombosis - Simon Noble.

Section III: Rehabilitation and Survivorship
4. Survivorship and Late Consequences of Treatment.
A. Survivorship and Personalised Care - Ben Heyworth and James Burtonwood.
B. Late Consequences of Treatment - Anna Olsson-Brown, Emma Hallam, and Lisa Durrant.

5. Patient Optimisation and Rehabilitation - Victoria Jones, Malcolm Brown, Laura Miller, and Ben Heyworth.

Section IV: Special Populations
6. The Age Spectrum.
A. Older People and Frailty - Fabio Gomes and Martine Puts.
B. Teenagers and Young Adults - Hanna Simpson and Bob Philips.

7. Intersectional Approaches to Supportive Oncology - Ben Heyworth, Charlotte Leach, and James Burtonwood.

Section V: Organizational Changes
8. Reviewing Relationships with Palliative and End-of-Life Care - Jennifer Vidrine, Sam H. Ahmedzai, and Richard Berman.
9. The Future – How do Service Models Need to Adapt? - Jo Thompson, Emma Dillsworth, Freya Howle, and Oli Minton.

Index.

Biography

Richard Berman FRCP - Consultant in Supportive & Palliative Care, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

Ben Heyworth BA - Survivorship Network Manager, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK

Ashique Ahamed MRCP - Consultant in Supportive & Palliative Care, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Manchester, UK