Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy (Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy ( Skeel))

The Seventh Edition of this pocket reference is a practical, disease-focused guide to the best current medical practice in cancer chemotherapy. In easy-to-follow outline format, the book provides complete coverage of the principles of rational chemotherapy, the chemotherapeutic and biotherapeutic agents available, the treatment of specific cancers, and selected aspects of supportive care. Emphasis is on the indications, dosage/schedule, potential toxicities, and safe administration of the drugs and their use in treating specific malignancies.This edition describes seventeen new chemotherapeutic agents, with particular attention to molecular targeted agents. Updated chapters on individual cancers and supportive care provide state-of-the-art treatment recommendations. Biologic And Pharmacologic Basis Of Cancer Chemotherapy And Biotherapy / Roland T. Skeel And Samir N. Khleif -- Systemic Assessment Of The Patient With Cancer And Long-term Consequences Of Treatment / Roland T. Skeel -- Selection Of Treatment For The Patient With Cancer / Roland T. Skeel -- Antineoplastic Drugs And Biologic Response Modifiers : Classification, Use, And Toxicity Of Clinically Useful Agents / Roland T. Skeel -- High-dose Chemotherapy And Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation In Hematologic Malignancies / Roberto Rodriguez And Chatchada Karanes -- Carcinomas Of The Head And Neck / Harlan A. Pinto -- Carcinoma Of The Lung / Sophie Sun And Joan H. Schiller -- Carcinomas Of The Gastrointestinal Tract / Al B. Benson, Iii -- Carcinomas Of The Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, And Bile Ducts / Rekha T. Chaudhary -- Carcinoma Of The Breast / Iman Mohamed -- Gynecologic Cancer / Stephen Andrews --^ Urologic And Male Genital Cancers / Joseph S. Chan, Scott B. Saxman, And Craig R. Nichols -- Kidney Cancer / Walter D.y. Quan, Jr. And Mikhail Vinogradov -- Thyroid And Adrenal Carcinomas / Haitham S. Abu-lebdeh And Samir N. Khleif -- Melanomas And Other Skin Malignancies / Karen S. Milligan And Walter D.y. Quan, Jr. -- Primary And Metastatic Brain Tumors / April F. Eichler And Tracy T. Batchelor -- Soft Tissue Sarcomas / Robert S. Benjamin -- Bone Sarcomas / Robert S. Benjamin -- Acute Leukemias / Olga Frankfurt And Martin S. Tallman -- Chronic Leukemias / Peter White And Paul R. Walker -- Myeloproliferative Diseases And Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Peter White And Paul R. Walker -- Hodgkin's Lymphoma / Richard S. Stein And David S. Morgan -- Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma / Richard S. Stein And John P. Greer -- Multiple Myeloma, Other Plasma Cell Disorders, And Primary Amyloidosis / Rachid Baz And Mohamad A. Hussein -- Metastatic Cancer Of Unknown Origin / James M. Leonardo --^ Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Mary E. Cianfrocca -- Side Effects Of Cancer Chemotherapy / Janelle M. Tipton -- Infections : Etiology, Treatment, And Prevention / Joan M. Duggan -- Transfusion Therapy, Bleeding, And Clotting / Mary R. Smith And Nurjehan Quraishy -- Oncology Emergencies And Critical Care Issues--anaphylaxis, Spinal Cord Compression, Cerebral Edema, Superior Vena Cava Syndrome, Hypercalcemia, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, And Respiratory Failure / Roland T. Skeel -- Malignant Pleural, Peritoneal, And Pericardial Effusions And Meningeal Infiltrates / Rekha T. Chaudhary -- 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. Editor, Roland T. Skeel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.