The Role of Multiple Intensification in Medical Oncology

Recent debate about the value of high-dose chemotherapy has centered on single therapy approaches. This concise, authoritative book discusses the possible utility of two or more consecutive high-dose therapies. Also discussed are novel ways to circumvent drug resistance, pharmacology, techniques of cell collection, and pharmacoeconomics.

List of contents

High Dose, Low Dose, No Dose: The Rights and Wrongs of Medical Oncology.- Haematological Support: Progenitor Cell Collection and Processing.- Pharmacotoxicology of High-Dose Thiotepa.- Pharmacotoxicology of High-Dose VP-16.- Intensive Sequential Chemotherapy for Untreated Poor-Risk Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.- High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation for Adenocarcinoma of the Breast.- Multiple Alkylating Agent Chemotherapy for Solid Cancers.- The Health Economics of High-Dose Chemotherapy.

Summary

Recent debate about the value of high-dose chemotherapy has centered on single therapy approaches. This concise, authoritative book discusses the possible utility of two or more consecutive high-dose therapies. Also discussed are novel ways to circumvent drug resistance, pharmacology, techniques of cell collection, and pharmacoeconomics.

Product details

• Assisted by: M. S. Aapro (Editor), M.S. Aapro (Editor), MARANINCHI (Editor), Maraninchi (Editor), Dominique Maraninchi (Editor), S Aapro (Editor), M S Aapro (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9783662011584
• ISBN: 978-3-662-01158-4
• No. of pages: 54
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 4 mm x 279 mm
• Weight: 201 g
• Illustrations: VII, 54 p. 4 illus.
• Series: ESO Monographs; ESO Monographs
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine