Handbook of cancer chemotherapy /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Little, Brown, c1987. |
| Description: | x, 393 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/867519 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributing Authors
- Preface
- Section I.. Basic Principles and Considerations of Rational Chemotherapy
- 1.. Biologic and Pharmacologic Basis of Cancer Chemotherapy
- 2.. Systematic Assessment of the Patient with Cancer and Long-Term Medical Complications of Treatment
- 3.. Selection of Treatment for the Patient with Cancer
- Section II.. Chemotherapeutic and Biotherapeutic Agents and Their Use
- 4.. Antineoplastic Drugs and Biologic Response Modifiers: Classification, Use, and Toxicity of Clinically Useful Agents
- 5.. High-Dose Chemotherapy with Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell and Cytokine Support
- Section III.. Chemotherapy of Human Cancer
- 6.. Carcinomas of the Head and Neck
- 7.. Carcinoma of the Lung
- 8.. Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- 9.. Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts
- 10.. Carcinoma of the Breast
- 11.. Gynecologic Cancer
- 12.. Urologic and Male Genital Malignancies
- 13.. Thyroid and Adrenal Carcinomas
- 14.. Melanoma and Other Skin Malignancies
- 15.. Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors
- 16.. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
- 17.. Bone Sarcomas
- 18.. Acute Leukemias
- 19.. Chronic Leukemias
- 20.. Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- 21.. Hodgkin's Disease
- 22.. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- 23.. Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
- 24.. Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Origin
- 25.. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Malignancies
- Section IV.. Selected Aspects of Supportive Care of Patients with Cancer
- 26.. Side Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy
- 27.. Infections: Etiology, Treatment, and Prevention
- 28.. Disorders of Hemostasis and Transfusion Therapy
- 29.. Critical Care Issues in Oncology and Bone Metastasis
- 30.. Malignant Pleural, Peritoneal, and Pericardial Effusions and Meningeal Infiltrates
- 31.. Managing Cancer Pain
- 32.. Emotional and Psychiatric Problems in Patients with Cancer
- Appendices
- A.. Nomogram for Determining Body Surface Area of Adults from Height and Mass
- B.. Nomogram for Determining Body Surface Area of Children from Height and Mass
- C.. Cancer Screening Recommendations for Average Risk, Asymptomatic People by the American Cancer Society
- D.. Selected Oncology Web Sites - Cancer and Others
- Subject Index
