Companion Handbook to The Chemotherapy Sourcebook

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Brand: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISBN: 9780781742702

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Designed for quick reference, this handbook provides easily accessible information on the specific drugs and treatment regimens used in cancer chemotherapy. This updated Second Edition includes new drugs and combinations of drugs and reflects the increasing use of chemotherapy in combination with radiation and surgery.

The first section presents site-specific cancer staging tables, treatment recommendations, and combination chemotherapy regimens and includes chapters on toxicity grading, dose modifications, and precautions. The second section alphabetically lists all current chemotherapeutic agents and provides essential information on each drug, including interactions, toxicity, indications, and dosing. The third section focuses on control of side effects.

This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See PDA listing for details.

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Brand Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Reference 39453

EAN13 9780781742702

ISBN 9780781742702

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Publication date: 2004
Issue number: 2
Cover: paperback
Pages count: 544
Dimensions (mm): 111 x 203
Weight (g): 472

Section One:: Therapy
Staging Tables and Treatment Recommendations . . . . . 3
1. Hematologic Malignancies . . . . . 3
2. Solid Tumors . . . . . 55
Chemotherapy Programs . . . . . 231
James E. Wooldridge

Toxicity Grading . . . . . 311
Michael C. Perry

Chemotherapy Dose Modifications and Precautions . . . . . 381
Syed N. Haider, Bradley A. Sachs, and Michael C. Perry

Section Two:: Chemotherapeutic Agents

Drug Profiles . . . . . 419
Clay M. Anderson

Section Three:: Symptom Control

Gastrointestinal Complaints . . . . . 475
Mary I. Johnson and Michael C. Perry

Pain Assessment and General Treatment Guidelines . . . . . 493
Mary L. Cunningham

Management of Selected Symptoms . . . . . 499
Mary L. Cunningham

Appendix Table . . . . . 507

Subject Index . . . . . 511