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By
Imran Rafi, BSc, MBBS, MCRPI, MRCGP, MSc, PhD, Principal in General Practice and Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Education, St George's, University of London, London, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The aim of this book is to provide an
introduction to the principles of drug treatment for solid tumours in cancer medicine. Developments in the understanding of tumour biology,
molecular biology and genetics - together with the greater understanding of the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of drugs - have combined
to open up the field of medical oncology to rapid advances in the treatment of cancers. The range of drugs that are available is wide
and one of the primary aims in drug development is to increase the therapeutic window so that drug toxicity is minimised and tolerable.
Drug development of oral formulations of anticancer drugs and the use of drugs that could be given in the day patient setting means that
healthcare professionals such as general practitioners - who historically might not have been involved in the drug treatment of the cancer
patient - are now going to need to have a greater understanding of the principles of use of anticancer drugs. This book is primarily
aimed at this market.
Audience
Doctors in all medical specialities and general practitioners
Contents
Preface. Abbreviations. Glossary of terms in relation to cancer chemotherapy. Glossary of chemotherapy regimes. 1. Introduction to anticancer
drugs. 2. Principles and ethics of clinical trials in oncology. 3. Classification and principles of use of anticancer drugs. 4. Complications
of cancer chemotherapy. 5. Anticancer drug and tumour-specific disease. 6. News and future advances. 7. Risk management in drug prescribing.
Appendix 1. Electronic sources of information. Appendix 2. ECOG Common Toxicity Criteria.
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Paperback, 224 pages, publication date: DEC-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8830-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8830-0
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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