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The updated Third Edition of The Chemotherapy Source Book is the most current and comprehensive reference on cancer chemotherapy. It brings together pharmacologic and patient management information in one source that practitioners can consult for any question encountered in the delivery of chemotherapy. This edition features increased information on the expanding use of high-dose therapy for various cancers, including breast cancer, leukemias, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, and ovarian cancer. Coverage also includes new material on monoclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibody therapy, and breast, colon, and lung cancers, and information on five new drugs approved since the Second Edition. A Brandon-Hill recommended title.
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Although it contains new chapters on clinical trials and antibody therapy, and other chapters have been substantially rewritten, this third edition comprehensive reference essentially retains the arrangement of the first two editions (1992 & 1996). Sixty-eight contributions are arranged in sections on principles (scientific foundations of chemotherapy, and routes of administration); drugs; management of drug toxicity; drug administration; current therapy of specific solid tumors; and chemotherapy of hematologic malignancies. The appendices contain information on chemotherapy programs and on common toxicity criteria. Editor Perry (U. of Columbia School of Medicine and the Ellis Fishel Cancer Center in Columbia, Missouri) cites as his personal favorite the chapter on investigational drugs, which reviews work on new agents tomorrow's chemotherapy. Contributors are from all over the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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