Overview

Detailing the way that chemotherapy should be administered to patients with hemato-oncological disorders, this text deals with the essentials of practice and provides an alphabetical list of all drugs used, providing dosages, side effects, mechanisms and complications in tabular format. Many of the convential chemotherapy regimens are listed with their timing schedules, and additional newer protocols of drug use are also included. Essential references relating to the drugs and specific regimens are provided that will, it is hoped, also be useful to the reader. Overall, this handbook aims to provide useful information for all trainees and specialists treating leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and may be used as a practical handbook in day-to-day work by all medical staff, both senior and junior. In addition, the book should be of use to professional pharmacists and specialist nursing staff dealing with chemotherapy in hematological oncology within both the hospital and out-patient facilities.

Full Product Details

Author:   Polliack
Publisher:   Harwood-Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Harwood-Academic Publishers
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9783718650972

ISBN 10:   3718650975
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   01 January 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Practical guide to the use of cytotoxic drugs: introduction; toxicity and extravasation; general comments; management of extravasation; safety and protective measures; warnings for oral agents; side effects of cytotoxic drugs; general comments; myelosuppression; drugs - general principles; mechanisms of action - general comments; side effects; antiemetics; recommended reading. Part 1 Common drugs used in treatment: relevant chemotherapeutic agents. Appendix: tables for dose reduction performance status; nomogram for determining body surface area; objective response criteria; toxicity grading. Part 2 Chemotherapy regimens for hematological neoplasia: Hodgkin's Disease; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; some salvage regimens for lymphomas; undifferentiated/lymphoblastic or Burkitt's lymphoma; multiple myeloma; acute leukemia; acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia; acute promyelocytic leukemia; regimens for relapsed or refractory leukemia; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; chronic myeloid leukemia and blast transformation; some preparatory regimens for cytoreduction in autologous; BMT.

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