Book[edited by] Bruce A. Chabner, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,
... Show More Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Dan L. Longo, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Senior Physician, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Summary: Offers an overview of the medications and approaches used in cancer care. This book features numerous tables and succinct, outline-style text that puts important information at your fingertips.
Contents:
Introduction: Considerations for cancer pharmacotherapy
Antimetabolites: nucleoside and base analogs / Bruce A. Chabner
Antifolates / Bruce A. Chabner
The taxanes, vinca alkaloids, and their derivatives / Bruce A. Chabner
Topoisomerase inhibitors: camptothecins, anthracyclines, and etoposide / Bruce A. Chabner
Adduct-forming agents: alkylating agents and platinum analogs / Bruce A. Chabner
Immunomodulatory drugs and proteasome inhibitors / Anuj Mahindra, Hamza Mujagic, Bruce A. Chabner
Natural products: bleomycin and trabectedin / Bruce A. Chabner
L-asparaginase / Bruce A. Chabner
Differentiating agents / Bruce A. Chabner
Molecular targeted drugs / Benjamin Izar, Jeffrey W. Clark, Bruce A. Chabner
Antiestrogens / Tanja Badovinac Crnjevic, Paul E. Goss
Antiandrogen therapy / Bruce A. Chabner
Interferons / Dan L. Longo
Cytokines, growth factors, and immune-based interventions / Dan L. Longo
Monoclonal antibodies in cancer treatment / Dan L. Longo
Osteoclast-targeted therapy: bisphosphonates and denosumab / Matthew R. Smith
Febrile neutropenia / Stephen M. Carpenter, Fabrizio Vianello, Mark C. Poznansky
Anemia / Zuzana Tothova, James Bradner
Cancer and coagulopathy / Rachel P.G. Rosovsky
Metabolic emergencies in oncology / Ephraim Paul Hochberg
Pain management / Juliet Jacobsen, Vicki Jackson
Comprehensive end-of-life care / Jennifer Shin, Jennifer Temel
Depression, anxiety, and fatigue / Carlos G. Fernandez-Robles, William F. Pirl
Acute myeloid leukemia / Amir T. Fathi
Myelodysplastic syndromes / Eyal C. Attar
Myeloproliferative neoplasms / Jerry L. Spivak
Chronic myeloid leukemia / Karen Ballen
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma / James W. Fraser, Janet E. Murphy, Eyal C. Attar
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma / Philip C. Amrein
Plasma cell disorders / Noopur Raje, Dan L. Longo
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma / Jennifer Gao, Ephraim Paul Hochberg
Hodgkin's disease / Dan L. Longo
Follicular lymphoma / Amy Sievers, Ann LaCasce
Mantle cell lymphoma / Dan L. Longo
Peripheral T-cell lymphomas / Jeffrey A. Barnes, Jeremy S. Abramson
Uncommon B-cell lymphomas / Jeremy S. Abramson, Jeffrey A. Barnes
Immunology of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Srinivas Viswanathan, Yi-Bin Chen
Overview of clinical bone marrow transplantation / Sarah Nikiforow, Thomas R. Spitzer
Renal cell carcinoma / M. Dror Michaelson
Localized prostate cancers / Jason A. Efstathious, Phillip J. Gray, Douglas M. Dahl
Metastatic prostate cancer / Matthew R. Smith
Bladder cancer / Richard J. Lee
Testicular cancer / Timothy Gilligan
Esophageal and gastric cancer / Lawrence S. Blaszkowsky
Pancreatic cancer / Jeffrey W. Clark
Cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancers / Janet E. Murphy, Andrew X. Zhu
Colon cancer / David P. Ryan
Rectal cancer / Theodore S. Hong
Anal cancer / Jennifer Wo
Malignant mesothelioma / Lee M. Krug, Pasi A. Jänne
Non-small cell lung cancer / Justin F. Gainor, Jeffrey A. Engelman
Small cell lung cancer / Anna F. Farago, Rebecca Suk Heist
Thymoma / Panos Fidias
Ovarian cancer / Richard T. Penson
Primary squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix: diagnosis and management / Olivia Foley, Marcela G. del Carmen
Uterine Cancer / Don S. Dizon
Breast oncology: clinical presentation and genetics / Amy Comander, Tessa Cigler, Paula D. Ryan
Localized breast cancer / Beverly Moy
Metastatic breast cancer / Steven J. Isakoff
Melanoma / Ryan J. Sullivan, Krista Rubin, Donald Lawrence
Soft tissue and bone sarcomas / Edwin Choy, Sam S. Yoon, Francis J. Hornicek, Thomas F. DeLaney
Primary brain tumors / Andrew S. Chi
Metastatic brain tumors / April F. Eichler
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes / Jorg Dietrich
Thyroid cancer / Lori J. Wirth, Tito Fojo
Adrenocortical cancer / Tito Fojo
Head and neck cancer / Lori J. Wirth, Paul M. Busse, Daniel Deschler.