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9780071435505

Concise Clinical Pharmacology : Cancer Therapeutics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071435505

  • ISBN10:

    0071435506

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-12-10
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

Special emphasis on interactions with other, non-cancer medications, so it is useful to primary care specialists Audience: Primary Care Physicians; Medical Residents; and Oncologists There is a rapidly growing interest in Clinical Pharmacology in the US partially due to the role of inappropriate use of pharmacological agents in patient mortality Perfect for medical residents starting subspecialty rotations Handy, portable format with extensive tables, lists, sidebars, and boxes

Author Biography

Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD runs the nationally prominent Holden Cancer Center at the University of Iowa.

Table of Contents

1. The Principles of Cancer Therapeuticsnormal cells versus tumor cells

2. Clinical Skills in Cancer Therapeutics

a. The Complete Medication History

b. Bringing pharmacokinetics to the bedside

c. Bringing pharmacodynamics to the bedside

d. Critically evaluating cancer drugs and therapeutic strategies

3. Drug ClassesCommon and Unique Therapeutic Considerations

a. Antimetabolites

b. Alkylators

c. DNA Repair Targets

d. Antibiotics

e. Hormones

f. Receptors

4. Clinical Pharmacology in Specific Cancers

a. Lung cancer

b. Head/neck cancer

c. GI cancer

d. GU cancer

e. Bone and soft tissue cancer

f. Gynecological cancer

g. Nervous system cancer

h. Blood and Leukemia cancers

5. The Pathophysiologic Approach to Toxicity

6. The Assessment of Organs/systems in Toxicity

a. GI

b. GU

c. Pulmonary

d. Neurological

e. Hematologic

f. Dermatologic

7. Cancer Pharmacology in Concurrent Non-cancerous Disease

8. Patient Safety and Adverse Events

9. Clinical Trials and Novel Targets in Cancer Therapy

10. Tables of Drug Comparisons and Cross References: Agents and Toxicities

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