Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient

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

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

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

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

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