Skeel's handbook of cancer therapy / [edited by] Samir N. Khleif, Olivier Rixe, Roland T. Skeel.

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Other Authors: Khleif, Samir N., Rixe, Olivier, Skeel, Roland T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, ©2016.
Edition:9th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contributors; Preface; Contents; SECTION I: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONSIDERATIONS OF RATIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY AND MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; 1. Biologic and Pharmacologic Basis of Cancer Chemotherapy; 2. Biologic Basis of Molecular Targeted Therapy; 3. Principles of Cancer Immunotherapy; 4. Systematic Assessment of the Patient With Cancer and Consequences of Treatment; 5. Selection of Treatment for the Patient With Cancer; SECTION II: MEDICAL THERAPIES OF HUMAN CANCER; 6. Carcinomas of the Head and Neck; 7. Carcinoma of the Lung.
  • 8. Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract9. Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts; 10. Carcinoma of the Breast; 11. Gynecologic Cancer; 12. Urologic and Male Genital Cancers; 13. Kidney Cancer; 14. Endocrine Cancers; 15. Melanomas and Other Cutaneous Malignancies; 16. Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors; 17. Soft-Tissue Sarcomas; 18. Bone Sarcomas; 19. Acute Leukemias; 20. Chronic Leukemias; 21. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplastic Syndromes; 22. Hodgkin Lymphoma; 23. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
  • 24. Multiple Myeloma, Other Plasma Cell Disorders, and Primary Amyloidosis25. Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Origin; SECTION III: SUPPORTIVE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER; 26. Side Effects of Chemotherapy; 27. Side Effects of Immune Therapy; SECTION IV: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AND MOLECULAR TARGETED AGENTS AND THEIR USE; 28. Classification, Use, and Toxicity of Clinically Useful Chemotherapy and Molecular Targeted Therapy; Index.