Cancer Chemotherapy
About this book
Cancer Chemotherapy: Medical Outline Series discusses the benefits and risks of cancer chemotherapy. This book is composed of 11 chapters that cover the pharmacologic and therapeutic potentials of some chemotherapeutic agents. The opening chapter briefly considers the pharmacology of cancer chemotherapy. Considerable chapters are devoted to some cancer chemotherapeutic agents, including alkylating agents, methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, 5-fluorouracil, and Vinca rosea alkaloids. Each chapter examines the indications, dosage, toxicity, physiology, chemistry, and pharmacology of the agents. The final chapter covers the various tumors, and the agent or agents of choice for each tumor. This book will prove useful to internists, surgeons, clinicians, and general practitioners who have had some formal training or supervised experience with chemotherapy.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Cancer Chemotherapy: Medical Outline Series
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Βίbliography
- CHAPTER I. Pharmacology of Cancer Chemotherapy
- CHAPTER II. Alkylating Agents
- CHAPTER III. Methotrexate
- CHAPTER IV. 6-mercaptopurine
- CHAPTER V. 5-fluorouracil
- CHAPTER VI. Vinca Rosea Alkaloids
- CHAPTER VII. Actinomycin D
- CHAPTER VIII. Miscellaneous Agents and Techniques
- CHAPTER IX. Hormone Therapy
- CHAPTER X. Special Problems in Toxicity
- CHAPTER XI. Chemotherapy of Specific Malignancies
- INDEX
