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Handbook of cancer chemotherapy / Cancer chemotherapy edited by Roland T. Skeel. - 6th edition - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2003. - xiv, 732 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section I. Basic Principles and Considerations of Rational Chemotherapy
Biologic and Pharmacologic Basis of Cancer Chemotherapy ...
Roland T. Skeel and Samir N. Khleif
Systematic Assessment of the Patient with Cancer and Long-Term Medical Complications of Treatment ...
Roland T. Skeel
Selection of Treatment for the Patient with Cancer ...
Roland T. Skeel

Section II. Chemotherapeutic and Biotherapeutic Agents and Their Use
Antineoplastic Drugs and Biologic Response Modifiers: Classification, Use, and Toxicity of Clinically Useful Agents ...
Roland T. Skeel
High-Dose Chemotherapy with Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell and Cytokine Support ...
Chatchada Karanes

Section III. Chemotherapy of Human Cancer
Carcinomas of the Head and Neck ...
Ronald C. DeConti
Carcinoma of the Lung ...
Tien Hoang and Joan H. Schiller 8. Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract ...
Al B. Benson III
Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts ...
Daniel Y. Danso
Carcinoma of the Breast ...
Iman Mohamed and Roland T. Skeel
Gynecologic Cancer ...
C. O. Granai, Walter H. Gajewski, Robert D. Legare, and Mary Gordinier
Urologic and Male Genital Malignancies ...
Scott B. Saxman and Craig R. Nichols
Thyroid and Adrenal Carcinomas ...
Samir N. Khleif and Haitham S. Abu-Lebdeh
Melanoma and Other Skin Malignancies ...
Walter D.Y. Quan, Jr.
Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors ...
Benjamin E. Lawler and Tracy T. Batchelor
Soft Tissue Sarcomas ...
Robert S. Benjamin
Bone Sarcomas ...
Robert S. Benjamin
Acute Leukemias ...
Andrew M. Evens and Martin S. Tallman
Chronic Leukemias ...
Peter White
Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Syndromes ...
Peter White
Hodgkin’s Disease ...
Richard S. Stein and David S. Morgan
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma ...
Richard S. Stein and John P. Greer
Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias ...
Martin M. Oken
Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Origin ...
Martin M. Oken
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Malignancies ...
Diely A. Pichardo and Jamie H. Von Roenn

Section IV. Selected Aspects of Supportive Care of Patients with Cancer
Side Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy ...
Janelle M. Tipton
Infections: Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention ...
Neeraja L. Varanasi and Rodger D. MacArthur
Disorders of Hemostasis and Transfusion Therapy ...
Mary R. Smith and NurJehan Stutz
Critical Care Issues in Oncology and Bone Metastasis ...
Roland T. Skeel
Malignant Pleural, Peritoneal, and Pericardial Effusions and Meningeal Infiltrates ...
Walter D.Y. Quan, Jr.
Managing Cancer Pain ...
Michael J. Fisch and Charles S. Cleeland
Emotional and Psychiatric Problems in Patients with Cancer ...
Kathleen S.N. Franco-Bronson and Kristi S. Williams


ISBN: 0781736293 9780781736299

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cancer--Chemotherapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Neoplasms--drug therapy--Handbooks.
Antineoplastic Agents--administration & dosage--Handbooks.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QZ 39 H2355 2003 / H2355 2003