Side Effects of Medical Cancer Therapy (eBook, PDF)

Prevention and Treatment

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive handbook designed for quick reference by medical oncologists on the side-effects of cancer therapy drugs, including the chemotherapeutic drugs. Organised by organ system, it will list the toxicity, side-effects and measures of prevention pertaining to each type of drug used in cancer therapy. The most dangerous side-effects will be given priority so as to alert the reader to their importance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857297877
• Artikelnr.: 37351151

Inhaltsangabe

1. Drug Interactions and Pharmacogenetics.- 2. Breast Cancer.- 3. Lung Cancer.- 4. Gastrointestinal Cancer: Selection of Clinically Relevant Drug-Induced Toxicities Encountered in Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment.- 5. Gynecologic Cancer.- 6. Genitourinary Cancer.- 7. Central Nervous System.- 8. Bone Marrow Toxicity: Red Blood Cells.- 9. Bone Marrow Toxicity: White Blood Cells.- 10. Dermatologic Side Effects of Systemic Anticancer Therapy.- 11. Myeloid Malignancies.- 12. Lymphoma.- 13. Multiple Myeloma.- 14. Preservation of Fertility in the Cancer Patient.- 15. Cardiotoxicity.- 16. Toxicity of Bone-Targeted Agents in Malignancy.- 17. State of the Art of Antiemetic Therapy.- 18. Side Effects of Nociceptive Cancer Pain Treatments in Adults.- 19. Totally Implanted Access Ports: Indications and Prevention of Complications.