Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy
by Skeel, Roland T.; Lachant, Neil A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-11-01
Publisher(s): Little Brown & Co
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Summary
The Sixth Edition of this handbook is a practical, disease-focused pocket reference that emphasizes the optimal current medical practice as it relates to the delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs. In an easy-to-follow outline format, the book provides complete coverage of the basic principles of rational chemotherapy, the drugs and biologic agents available, the treatment of specific cancers, and selected aspects of supportive care. New to this edition: advances in therapies for individual cancers; significant updating of the drug information section and specific tumor types to reflect the recent development of many new agents, particularly biologic ones; and new American Cancer Society screening guidelines and cancer website information.
Table of Contents
| Contributing Authors | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Basic Principles and Considerations of Rational Chemotherapy | |
| Biologic and Pharmacologic Basis of Cancer Chemotherapy | p. 3 |
| Systematic Assessment of the Patient with Cancer and Long-Term Medical Complications of Treatment | p. 26 |
| Selection of Treatment for the Patient with Cancer | p. 46 |
| 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 with Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell and Cytokine Support | p. 157 |
| Chemotherapy of Human Cancer | |
| Carcinomas of the Head and Neck | p. 197 |
| Carcinoma of the Lung | p. 216 |
| Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract | p. 231 |
| Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts | p. 255 |
| Carcinoma of the Breast | p. 269 |
| Gynecologic Cancer | p. 294 |
| Urologic and Male Genital Malignancies | p. 327 |
| Thyroid and Adrenal Carcinomas | p. 344 |
| Melanoma and Other Skin Malignancies | p. 360 |
| Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors | p. 378 |
| Soft Tissue Sarcomas | p. 389 |
| Bone Sarcomas | p. 400 |
| Acute Leukemias | p. 411 |
| Chronic Leukemias | p. 460 |
| Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Syndromes | p. 477 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | p. 489 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | p. 503 |
| Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias | p. 525 |
| Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Origin | p. 539 |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Malignancies | p. 546 |
| Selected Aspects of Supportive Care of Patients with Cancer | |
| Side Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy | p. 561 |
| Infections: Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention | p. 581 |
| Disorders of Hemostasis and Transfusion Therapy | p. 603 |
| Critical Care Issues in Oncology and Bone Metastasis | p. 622 |
| Malignant Pleural, Peritoneal, and Pericardial Effusions and Meningeal Infiltrates | p. 638 |
| Managing Cancer Pain | p. 650 |
| Emotional and Psychiatric Problems in Patients with Cancer | p. 674 |
| Appendices | |
| Nomogram for Determining Body Surface Area of Adults from Height and Mass | p. 691 |
| Nomogram for Determining Body Surface Area of Children from Height and Mass | p. 692 |
| Cancer Screening Recommendations for Average Risk, Asymptomatic People by the American Cancer Society | p. 693 |
| Selected Oncology Web Sites - Cancer and Others | p. 696 |
| Subject Index | p. 699 |
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