Cancer Chemotherapy: an Introduction
This book is intended as an introduction to the drug treatment of cancer. It is almost ten years since the last edition was written. In the intervening time, there have been numerous developments in cancer chemotherapy and in order to cover these the majority of the text has been completely revised...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Springer London
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 1989 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1 The Principles of Cytotoxic Drug Therapy
- 1 Principles of Tumour Growth
- 2 The Effects of Cytotoxic Drugs on Normal Tissues
- 3 The Pharmacology of Cytotoxic Drugs
- 4 The Rationale of Cytotoxic Drug Therapy
- 5 The Management of the Side Effects of Cytotoxic Drugs
- 6 The Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs
- 7 Resistance to Cytotoxic Drugs
- 8 Alternative Methods of Cytotoxic Drug Administration
- 9 The Development and Assessment of New Cytotoxic Drugs
- Section 2 Biological Response Modifiers
- 10 Biological Response Modifiers
- Section 3 The Principles of Endocrine Therapy
- 11 The Development and Rationale of Endocrine Therapy
- 12 The Clinical Pharmacology of Endocrine Drugs
- Section 4 The Clinical Role of Chemotherapy
- 13 The Place of Chemotheraphy in Cancer Treatment
- 14 Childhood Cancer
- 15 Haematological Cancers
- 16 Solid Tumours