Side Effects of Medical Cancer Therapy Prevention and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dicato, Mario A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Toxicology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-787-7

The options available for systemic treatment in cancer are ever-expanding and so too is the information required to deploy these methods well. Each therapeutic substance causes a range of side effects, which can be prevented or treated to minimise harm to the patient. � Side Effects of Medical Cance...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Drug Interactions and Pharmacogenetics
• 2. Breast Cancer
• 3. Lung Cancer
• 4. Gastrointestinal Cancer: Selection of Clinically Relevant Drug-Induced Toxicities Encountered in Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment
• 5. Gynecologic Cancer
• 6. Genitourinary Cancer
• 7. Central Nervous System
• 8. Bone Marrow Toxicity: Red Blood Cells
• 9. Bone Marrow Toxicity: White Blood Cells
• 10. Dermatologic Side Effects of Systemic Anticancer Therapy
• 11. Myeloid Malignancies
• 12. Lymphoma
• 13. Multiple Myeloma
• 14. Preservation of Fertility in the Cancer Patient
• 15. Cardiotoxicity
• 16. Toxicity of Bone-Targeted Agents in Malignancy
• 17. State of the Art of Antiemetic Therapy
• 18. Side Effects of Nociceptive Cancer Pain Treatments in Adults
• 19. Totally Implanted Access Ports: Indications and Prevention of Complications.