Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781736293 ISBN 13: 9780781736299

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003

Synopsis

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. By focusing on specific plans for treatment, the book is an invaluable resource for the daily care of cancer patients. 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. The book focuses on the newest therapeutic advances for specific tumor types, and the emphasis is on the primary indication, usual dosage/schedule, and expected toxicities of drugs used. 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.

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Review:

Doody's Book Review Service, Mark Agulnik, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine -- "In a very systematic way, the book discusses basic principles in chemotherapy and then focuses, disease by disease, on the therapies used to treat different human cancers. This comprehensive manual is a great resource that is easy to use and highly accessible for all."-Doody's Book Review Service (Weighted Numerical Score: 100, 5 Stars)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0781736293
• ISBN 13: 9780781736299
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 732
• Editor: Skeel Roland T.