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The Seventh Edition of this pocket reference is a practical, disease-focused guide to the best current medical practice in cancer chemotherapy. In easy-to-follow outline format, the book provides complete coverage of the principles of rational chemotherapy, the chemotherapeutic and biotherapeutic agents available, the treatment of specific cancers, and selected aspects of supportive care. Emphasis is on the indications, dosage/schedule, potential toxicities, and safe administration of the drugs and their use in treating specific malignancies. This edition describes seventeen new chemotherapeutic agents, with particular attention to molecular targeted agents. Updated chapters on individual cancers and supportive care provide state-of-the-art treatment recommendations.

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Doody's Book Review Service, Mark Agulnik, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine -- In a very systematic way, the book discusses basic principles in chemotherapy and then focuses, disease by disease, on the therapies used to treat different human cancers. This comprehensive manual is a great resource that is easy to use and highly accessible for all. -Doody's Book Review Service (Weighted Numerical Score: 100, 5 Stars)

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