Cancer chemotherapy and biotherapy : principles and practice /

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Edition:Fifth edition.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011]
©2011
Description:1 online resource (836 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13441441
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Other authors / contributors:Chabner, Bruce.
Longo, Dan L. (Dan Louis), 1949-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN:9781605474311
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Updated to include the newest drugs and those currently in development, Cancer Chemotherapy and Biotherapy, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive reference on the preclinical and clinical pharmacology of anticancer agents. Organized by drug class, the book provides the latest information on all drugs and biological agents--their mechanisms of action, interactions with other agents, toxicities, side effects, and mechanisms of resistance. Chapters emphasize pharmacology and mechanisms of action at the molecular and cellular levels, followed by clinical activity and toxicity, both acute and delayed. The authors explain the rationale for use of drugs in specific schedules and combinations and offer guidelines for dose adjustment in particular situations. The previous edition was one of "Doody's Core Titles 2009." This edition's introduction includes timely information on general strategies for drug usage, the science of drug discovery and development, economic and regulatory aspects of cancer drug development, and principles of pharmacokinetics. Eight new chapters have been added and more than twenty have been significantly revised"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Cancer chemotherapy and biotherapy : principles and practice. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011] xv, 812 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates ; 29 cm 9781605474311