Sleep and Cancer (eBook)

Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Raffaele Ferri, Giuseppe Lanza, Maria Paola Mogavero (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-443-28939-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Sleep and Cancer compiles novel information on the interactions between sleep and cancer. The book highlights how prevention and treatment of sleep disturbances in clinical cancer practice helps prevent the onset of tumors and their comorbidities, both short- and long-term. It analyzes how sleep disorder treatment improves the response to antitumor therapy in the long term, presenting procedures regarding cognitive-behavioral therapy of sleep disorders that are often overlooked in the oncological field.In addition, the book suggests new therapeutic approaches in oncology that are based on the knowledge of sleep mechanisms, such as chronotherapy, use of melatonin as an adjuvant in chemo- and radiotherapy, and orexinergic drugs. - Suggests new therapeutic approaches to oncology based on the knowledge of sleep mechanisms- Focuses on standardized protocols regarding psychological therapy for sleep disorders, which are needed in the oncological field- Illuminates how the prevention and treatment of sleep disturbances in cancer clinical practice improves the course and quality of life of patients and their families

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-28939-5 / 0443289395
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-28939-2 / 9780443289392