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Cancer Chemotherapy: an Introduction

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  • © 1989

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  1. T. J. Priestman

    1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Principles of Cytotoxic Drug Therapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Principles of Tumour Growth

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      Pages 3-14

    3. The Effects of Cytotoxic Drugs on Normal Tissues

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      Pages 15-26

    4. The Pharmacology of Cytotoxic Drugs

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      Pages 27-51

    5. The Rationale of Cytotoxic Drug Therapy

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      Pages 53-69

    6. The Management of the Side Effects of Cytotoxic Drugs

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      Pages 71-79

    7. The Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs

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      Pages 81-88

    8. Resistance to Cytotoxic Drugs

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      Pages 89-95

    9. Alternative Methods of Cytotoxic Drug Administration

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      Pages 97-106

    10. The Development and Assessment of New Cytotoxic Drugs

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      Pages 107-117

  3. Biological Response Modifiers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Biological Response Modifiers

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      Pages 121-128

  4. The Principles of Endocrine Therapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. The Development and Rationale of Endocrine Therapy

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      Pages 131-137

    3. The Clinical Pharmacology of Endocrine Drugs

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      Pages 139-147

  5. The Clinical Role of Chemotherapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. The Place of Chemotherapy in Cancer Treatment

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      Pages 151-155

    3. Childhood Cancer

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      Pages 157-162

    4. Haematological Cancers

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      Pages 163-176
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About this book

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 and rewritten. In addition, two new chapters have been introduced, one on the safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and the other on biological response modifiers. In order to incorporate this new information without any undue increase in the length of the text the chapters on a combined approach to treatment have been omitted. This is not because interdisciplinary collaboration is no longer considered important but is a reflection of the fact that, in most centres, it has become the norm in cancer management and its central role in successful treatment no longer needs to be stressed quite so strongly. The four chapters in the last edition which dealt with the team approach to cancer therapy have been replaced by a single chapter on the place of chemotherapy in the overall treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, despite all the innovations of the last decade, it has become increasingly clear that much of the promise offered by drug treatment during the 1960s and 1970s has not been fulfilled.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    T. J. Priestman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer Chemotherapy: an Introduction

  • Authors: T. J. Priestman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1686-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19551-1Published: 02 May 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1686-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XII, 209

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Montedison Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 1977; revised edition published by Farmitalia Carlo Erba Ltd., 1980

  • Topics: Oncology, Radiotherapy, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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