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Completely revised and updated for 2014, the Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual is an up-to-date guide to the latest information on standard therapy and recent advances in the field. Written by world-class experts in clinical cancer therapeutics, this essential reference provides a complete, easy-to-use catalog of over 100 drugs and commonly used drug regimens—both on- and off-label—for the treatment of all the major cancers.
Special Features:
• Revised to reflect rapid advances in the field, incorporating treatment strategies and new drugs like
ado-trastuzumb emtansine, bosutinib, caboxantinib, dabrafenib, enzalutamide, omacetaxine mepesuccinate, pomalidomide, ponatinib, trametinib, and ziv- aflibercept.
• A specific chapter focused on profiling antiemetic drug and antiemetic treatment regimens.
• Diagrams of drug structures and pathways for many of the agents.
• Offers a comprehensive discussion of clinical pharmacology, special considerations, indications, and dosages. • Covers toxicity and drug–drug interactions.
• A section on chemotherapy regimens for all major cancers.
• Provides an overview of the basic principles of cancer drug therapy.
Contents:
Editors and Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy
Chapter 2: Chemotherapeutic and Biologic Drugs
Chapter 3: Guidelines for Chemotherapy and Dosing Modifications
Chapter 4: Common Chemotherapy Regimens in Clinical Practice
Chapter 5: Antiemetic Agents for the Treatment of Chemotherapy- Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Index
ISBN - 9781284026856
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Pages : 672
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