Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient, 1st Edition

Preface

Section 1: Basic Principles (Epidemiology; Cancer Biology; Overview of Cancer Therapies)

1. Cancer epidemiology, prevention and survivorship
2. Cancer biology and implications for the perioperative period
3. Cancer therapies: Old and new
4. Symptom assessment and QoL considerations in the cancer patient

Section 2: Anesthesia and Perioperative/Peri-Procedural Care

1. Preoperative evaluation, medical optimization, functional assessment and pre-habilitation
2. Inflammation, perioperative stress and cancer outcomes
3. Transfusion therapy and oncological implications
4. Procedural care of the adult cancer patient outside the operating room
5. Airway management in special situations
6. Intraoperative care of the surgical patient

1. Brain and spine
2. Head and neck
3. Heart, lung and mediastinum
4. Breast
5. GI cancers
6. GU cancers
7. Gynecologic cancers
8. Endocrine cancers

Section 3: Acute Postoperative and Intensive Care of the Cancer Patient

1. Postoperative care and special considerations in the cancer patient
2. Rapid rescue in the hospital and out of the hospital settings
3. Intensive care considerations of the cancer patient

Section 4: Pain and Palliative/Integrative Medicine

1. Acute post-surgical pain management
2. Cancer pain management
3. Rehabilitation, palliative care, and integrative medicine interventions in the cancer patient
4. Advanced care planning and ethical considerations in patient centered cancer care

Section 5: Perioperative/Peri-procedural Care of the Pediatric patients with Cancer

1. Overview
2. Preoperative assessment and optimization for surgery
3. Intraoperative management: special considerations for special procedures
4. Postoperative care: special considerations
5. Anesthesia outside the operating room
6. Do Not Resuscitate and the terminally ill patient
7. Chronic pain and palliative care
8. Intensive care considerations

Section 6: Value Proposition and Research in Perioperative Cancer Care

1. Value proposition in cancer care
2. Research in perioperative care of the cancer patient: opportunities and challenges
3. Big data, advances in computational sciences and oncology care

Carin A. Hagberg, MD, FASA, Chief Academic Officer, Bud Johnson Clinical Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Joseph L Nates, MD, MBA, CMQ, MCCM, Professor, Deputy Chair, SICU and MICU Medical Director, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Berhard P Riedel, MB.ChB, FCA, FANZCA, FASE, MMed. MBA, PhD., Director, Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia, Vijaya N.R. Gottumukkala, MD, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology & PeriOperative Medicine, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson, Houston Texas, USA and Donal Buggy, MD, Professor of Anaesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Mater University Hospital, School of Medicine
University College
Dublin, Ireland