Description:
The Chemotherapy Source Book, Fourth Edition pulls together
all the current information on the chemotherapeutic management of cancer
patients, including choice of chemotherapeutic agents, use of
combinations, and toxicity of individual drugs. Organized by disease
site, the book brings together pharmacologic and patient management
information in one source that clinicians can consult for any question
encountered in the delivery of chemotherapy. This updated Fourth
Edition includes new drugs as well as new indications for older drugs.
Content has been streamlined to provide essential information more
quickly for the busy practitioner. Plus, this edition is softcover for
greater portability and convenience.
Table of Contents: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY: Scientific Basis of
Cancer Chemotherapy, James K. Schwarz / Principles of
Pharmacology, Antonius A. MillerLarry
Norton / Drug Resistance, James Goldie / Principles of
Chemotherapy, Carl E. Freter / Clinical Trials, Barbara
Barrett and Jeanette Linebaugh / Hematopoietic Growth Factors, Jeffrey
Crawford / Biologic Response Modifiers: Principles of Biotherapy, Howard
Ozer and Carla Kurkjian ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION: Intraventricular and Intrathecal
Therapy, Victor A. Levin, Morris D. Groves, and Arthur D. Forman /
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, Maurie Markman / Continuous
Intravenous Infusion Chemotherapy, Robert W. Carlson /
Intra-arterial Chemotherapy, William D. Ensminger / Perfusion
Therapy, William G. Kraybill / Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation, James O. Armitage MANAGEMENT OF DRUG TOXICITY: Oral Toxicity, Douglas E.
Peterson / Dermatologic Toxicity, Susan K. Ailor /
Extravasation, Gerald Clamon / Hypersensitivity Reactions, Clint
Daniel Kingsley / Ocular Side Effects of Chemotherapy, Linda J.
Burns and Mark A. Klein / Cardiotoxicity of Cancer Therapy, Justin
D. Floyd and Michael C. Perry / Pulmonary Toxicity of Antineoplasic
Therapy, Ramaswamy Govindan and Daniel Morgensztern /
Gastrointestinal Complications of Chemotherapy, Joel Picus /
Hepatotoxicity of Chemotherapy Agents, Paul D. King / Renal and
Electrolyte Abnormalities Due to Chemotherapy, Irum Shahab and
William P. Patterson / Neurotoxicity of Chemotherapy Agents, Frederick
H. Hausheer / Vascular Toxicity of Anti-Neoplastic Agents, Donald
C. Doll and Nasir Shahab / Second Malignancies after Chemotherapy, Alfred
Neugut and Thomas Uldrick / Chemotherapy in Pregnancy, Donald C.
Doll / Gonadal Complications and Teratogenicity of Cancer Therapy, Catherine
E. Klein DRUG ADMINISTRATION: Central Venous Access for Chemotherapy, Paul
Dale CURRENT THERAPY OF SPECIFIC SOLID TUMORS: Systemic Therapy for
Advanced Melanoma, Clay M. Anderson / Primary and Metastatic
Brain Tumors, Mark R. Gilbert / Chemotherapy of Head and Neck
Cancer, Everett Vokes and Nicholas Choong / Lung Cancer, Nasser
H. Hanna and Lawrence H. Einhorn / Breast Cancer, Carl G.
Kardinal / Gastrointestinal Cancer, Chris Papageorgio /
Endocrine Tumors, Stephen Graziano and Keith Goldstein /
Chemotherapy of Genitourinary Cancers, Gary R. MacVicar, Deborah
Bradley, and Maha Hussain / Gynecologic Cancer, Vince Herrin /
Chemotherapy of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site, John D.
Hainsworth and F. Anthony Greco / Chemotherapy of Bone and Soft
Tissue Sarcomas, Rashmi M. Chugh, Scott M. Schuetze, and Laurence H.
Baker / Chemotherapy for Pediatric Solid Tumors, Barbara Gruner CHEMOTHERAPY OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES: Chemotherapy of Hodgkin
Lymphoma, Bruce A. Peterson / Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Philip
J. Bierman and James O. Armitage / Acute and Chronic Leukemias, James
E. Wooldridge / Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Bruce D. Cheson /
Management of Myeloproliferative Disorders and Chronic Myeloid
Leukemia, Ayalew Tefferi / Chemotherapy of Multiple Myeloma and
Other Plasma Cell Disorders, Nasir Shahab APPENDICES: Chemotherapeutic Drugs, Michael C. Perry and Nancy
F. McKinney / Combination Chemotherapy Programs, Michael C.
Perry and Scott McGee / NCI Common Toxicity Criteria, Michael C.
Perry / Norton-Simon Hypothesis,
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