Editors: Bharathi Gourkanti, Irwin Gratz, William Marion, Rajiv Lingaraju, Grace Abramian

Anesthesia Care for Cancer Patients

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Library License: US $356
ISBN: 979-8-89881-373-4 (Print)
ISBN: 979-8-89881-372-7 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2025
DOI: 10.2174/97988988137271250101

Introduction

Anaesthesia Care for Cancer addresses the unique physiological, pharmacological, and perioperative challenges posed by oncologic diseases and their treatment, providing a focused and clinically relevant overview of anaesthetic management across the cancer care continuum.

Emphasis is placed on patient safety, individualised care, and optimised outcomes during surgical and procedural interventions. Chapters cover preoperative assessment, anaesthetic techniques for cancer surgeries, pain management, regional anaesthesia, perioperative complications, and considerations in immunocompromised and critically ill oncology patients. The book also highlights enhanced recovery protocols, palliative anaesthesia care, and the impact of anaesthesia choices on cancer progression and recovery.

Key Features

  • - Addresses oncology-specific anaesthetic challenges.
  • - A detailed guide for perioperative assessment and risk optimisation.
  • - Details regional and multimodal analgesia strategies.
  • - Provides an integrated perspective on enhanced recovery and palliative care approaches.

Target Readership:

Designed for medical professionals, students, surgical residents and critical care professionals involved in cancer patient management.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Bharathi Gourkanti
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ, USA


Irwin Gratz
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ, USA


William Marion
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ, USA


Rajiv Lingaraju
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ, USA


Grace Abramian
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ, USA




Contributor(s):
Aakash Patel
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Akhil Patel
Department of Anesthesiology
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC
USA


Amber Williams
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Bharathi Gourkanti
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Brian McEniry
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Colleen Naglee
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Christopher Potestio
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Chenxuan Zhou
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
USA


Crystal Adams
Department of Anesthesiology
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC
USA


Cathy Lee
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Dylan Windle-Puente
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
USA


Eric You
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Flore Macenat Sulzynski
Temple University at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
USA


Grace Abramian
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden
USA


Irwin Gratz
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Ian Brotman
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Jason Vaz
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Calgary, Alberta
Canada


Julie Mathew
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Kingsuk Ganguly
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Linh Le
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
USA


Michael Mahrous
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Michael Schwartz
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
USA


Madison Tanis
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Mia Ye
Department of Anesthesiology
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC
USA


Marcus Ryan Dal Nogare
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Mina Ghaly
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Nathalie Peiris
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Wilmington, DE
USA


Osheen Abramian
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
USA


Rajiv Lingaraju
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Sophia Sinibaldi
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Siddhi Desai
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA


Shiu-Yi E Chen
Department of Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617
USA


Taylor Tidwell
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
USA


William Marion
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ
USA