Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy

by Skeel, Roland T.

• ISBN13: 9780781765312
• ISBN10: 0781765315
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-16
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

The Seventh Edition of this pocket reference is a practical, disease-focused guide to the best current medical practice in cancer chemotherapy. In easy-to-follow outline format, the book provides complete coverage of the principles of rational chemotherapy, the chemotherapeutic and biotherapeutic agents available, the treatment of specific cancers, and selected aspects of supportive care. Emphasis is on the indications, dosage/schedule, potential toxicities, and safe administration of the drugs and their use in treating specific malignancies. This edition describes seventeen new chemotherapeutic agents, with particular attention to molecular targeted agents. Updated chapters on individual cancers and supportive care provide state-of-the-art treatment recommendations.

Table of Contents

Basic principles and considerations of rational chemotherapy
Biologic and pharmacologic basis of cancer chemotherapy and biotherapy	p. 1
Systemic assessment of the patient with cancer and long-term consequences of treatment	p. 32
Selection of treatment for the patient with cancer	p. 47
Chemotherapeutic and biotherapeutic agents and their use
Antineoplastic drugs and biologic response modifiers : classification, use, and toxicity of clinically useful agents	p. 53
High-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in hematologic malignancies	p. 169
Chemotherapy of human cancer
Carcinomas of the head and neck	p. 213
Carcinoma of the lung	p. 236
Carcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract	p. 257
Carcinomas of the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts	p. 285
Carcinoma of the breast	p. 298
Gynecologic cancer	p. 322
Urologic and male genital cancers	p. 352
Kidney cancer	p. 367
Thyroid and adrenal carcinomas	p. 372
Melanomas and other skin malignancies	p. 391
Primary and metastatic brain tumors	p. 409
Soft tissue sarcomas	p. 420
Bone sarcomas	p. 433
Acute leukemias	p. 446
Chronic leukemias	p. 497
Myeloproliferative diseases and myelodysplastic syndromes	p. 517
Hodgkin's lymphoma	p. 533
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma	p. 548
Multiple myeloma, other plasma cell disorders, and primary amyloidosis	p. 572
Metastatic cancer of unknown origin	p. 592
Human immunodeficiency virus	p. 600
Selected aspects of supportive care of patients with cancer
Side effects of cancer chemotherapy	p. 615
Infections : etiology, treatment, and prevention	p. 639
Transfusion therapy, bleeding, and clotting	p. 666
Oncology emergencies and critical care issues - anaphylaxis, spinal cord compression, cerebral edema, superior vena cava syndrome, hypercalcemia, tumor lysis syndrome, and respiratory failure	p. 686
Malignant pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial effusions and meningeal infiltrates	p. 704
Cancer pain	p. 716
Emotional and psychiatric problems in patients with cancer	p. 740
Nomogram for determining body surface area of adults from height and mass	p. 759
Nomogram for determining body surface area of children from height and mass	p. 760
Cancer screening recommendations for average-risk asymptomatic people by the american cancer society	p. 761
Selected oncology web sites	p. 764
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