Overview
Overview of how different treatments relate to different cancers, and different stages of cancer development
Specifically relates different drug treatments to the natural history of cancer, from gene mutation to metastasis, giving a rational explanation to the plethora of new types of drug therapy that have emerged in the last 5 years
Clarity and simplicity of style - user-friendly for newcomers
Clear statistics on outcomes
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Terrence J. Priestman is Clinical Director, Cancer Services, New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton, UK; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK; and Series Editor, Cancer BACUP publications. In addition to having published numerous articles and contributed 16 chapters, he also wrote 4 books on cancer chemotherapy, gastrointestinal cancer, coping with chemotherapy, and coping with breast cancer. He was founder editor of Clinical Oncology, deputy editor of Clinical Radiology, and editorial board member of British Journal of Cancer and Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy. He has also been writing for the charity "Cancerbackup", which provides information to cancer patients and their carers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cancer Chemotherapy in Clinical Practice
Authors: Terry Priestman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-991-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-991-0Published: 24 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 134
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Cancer Research, Pharmacy