High Dose Cancer Therapy
Pharmacology, Hematopoitins, Stem Cells
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Hardback
950 pages
978-0-683-30654-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The third edition of this comprehensive reference on high dose cancer therapy has been overhauled, with 28 of 50 chapters either completely updated or rewritten by new authors. This is designed to reflect the fact that this treatment modality is now the standard of care for a variety of cancers, including 10,000 to 20,000 cases a year of various forms of leukaemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and more. High dosage chemotherapy is now also used in advanced cases of breast cancer.
The third edition of this comprehensive reference on high dose cancer therapy has been overhauled, with 28 of 50 chapters either completely updated or rewritten by new authors. This is designed to reflect the fact that this treatment modality is now the standard of care for a variety of cancers, including 10,000 to 20,000 cases a year of various forms of leukaemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and more. High dosage chemotherapy is now also used in advanced cases of breast cancer.
The third edition of this comprehensive reference on high dose cancer therapy has been overhauled, with 28 of 50 chapters either completely updated or rewritten by new authors. This is designed to reflect the fact that this treatment modality is now the standard of care for a variety of cancers, including 10,000 to 20,000 cases a year of various forms of leukaemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and more. High dosage chemotherapy is now also used in advanced cases of breast cancer.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
151 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1960 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-30654-5 (9780683306545)
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01/1995
2nd Edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
€212.44
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Content
;I:Strategies for the use of Agents at High Dose ;II:Reestablishing Hematopoiesis after Dose-Intensive Therapy Transplantation ; Marrow Contamination ;Growth Factors ;III:Laboratory and Clinical Support for Dose-Intensive Therapy ;IV:Clinical Applications of High-Dose Therapy ;Index;