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Companion Handbook to the Chemotherapy Sourcebook

Author : Michael Clinton Perry

Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Page : 566 pages

File Size : 22,6 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780781742702

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Book Description

Designed for quick reference, this handbook provides easily accessible information on the specific drugs and treatment regimens used in cancer chemotherapy. This updated Second Edition includes new drugs and combinations of drugs and reflects the increasing use of chemotherapy in combination with radiation and surgery. The first section presents site-specific cancer staging tables, treatment recommendations, and combination chemotherapy regimens and includes chapters on toxicity grading, dose modifications, and precautions. The second section alphabetically lists all current chemotherapeutic agents and provides essential information on each drug, including interactions, toxicity, indications, and dosing. The third section focuses on control of side effects. This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media listing for details.



Companion Handbook to The Chemotherapy Source Book

Author : Michael Clinton Perry

Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Page : 552 pages

File Size : 31,67 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780683302486

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Book Description

Designed for quick reference, this handbook provides easily accessible information on the specific drugs and treatment regimens used in cancer chemotherapy. This updated Second Edition includes new drugs and combinations of drugs and reflects the increasing use of chemotherapy in combination with radiation and surgery. The first section presents site-specific cancer staging tables, treatment recommendations, and combination chemotherapy regimens and includes chapters on toxicity grading, dose modifications, and precautions. The second section alphabetically lists all current chemotherapeutic agents and provides essential information on each drug, including interactions, toxicity, indications, and dosing. The third section focuses on control of side effects. This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media listing for details.



The Chemotherapy Source Book

Author : Michael Clinton Perry

Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Page : 820 pages

File Size : 30,81 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780781773287

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The Chemotherapy Source Book, Fourth Edition pulls together all the current information on the chemotherapeutic management of cancer patients, including choice of chemotherapeutic agents, use of combinations, and toxicity of individual drugs. Organized by disease site, the book brings together pharmacologic and patient management information in one source that clinicians can consult for any question encountered in the delivery of chemotherapy. This updated Fourth Edition includes new drugs as well as new indications for older drugs. Content has been streamlined to provide essential information more quickly for the busy practitioner. Plus, this edition is softcover for greater portability and convenience.





Pocket Guide to Breast Cancer

Author : Karen Hassey Dow

Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 33,79 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780763729950

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Book Description

Pocket Guide to Breast Cancer is an easy-to-use, day-to-day reference for nurses caring for patients with breast cancer and their families. The Pocket Guide is divided into four parts: Epidemiology of Breast Cancer, Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer, Treatment of Recurrent Breast Cancer, and Quality-of-Life Issues. Each chapter has been expanded and updated to provide the reader with current information, and the Third Edition features two new chapters on Endocrine Therapy and End-of-Life Issues. Like the previous editions, this handy pocket guide includes information on screening and early detection, assessment, treatment, surgical techniques, and cancer-related fatigue and sleep disturbance.



Concise Manual of Hematology and Oncology

Author : Michael Andreeff

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 1018 pages

File Size : 14,88 MB

Release : 2008-05-16

Category : Medical

ISBN : 3540732772

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Book Description

A real boon for medical practitioners from a number of disciplines, this is a practice-oriented manual of medical oncology and hematology for day-to-day use in caring for patients’ hematologic and neoplastic diseases. It is founded on the longstanding experience of a large specialized university department accustomed to having to provide reliable advice in a broad range of circumstances. The authors have chosen not to give a comprehensive review of the various subjects but have instead focused on practical methods which have proven to be useful in their experience, with special emphasis on standardizing chemotherapy protocols.



The Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioners' Manual Second Edition

Author : David G. Morrison, M.D.,Ph.D.

Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group

Page : 501 pages

File Size : 13,73 MB

Release : 2014-04-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1626527490

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Co-Authors Jack E. Saux III, M.D., Margaret Saux, Pilar M. Morrison RPh, Melissa Pennebaker CRNP This is a quick reference how to manual. It provides an outline for those teaching a new CRNP. For the CRNP it is a go to book for daily use. It also addresses some of the more difficult topics frequently encountered daily such as difficult patients and/or families and burn-out. Modern care of those with blood or malignant disorders is very much a team effort. This book is designed to help our colleagues who have chosen to be Nurse Practitioners to have a quick reference guide to many of the common clinical conundrums encountered in clinical practice. It is supposed to help not only with the technical nuts and bolts but also to help handle the emotional trauma of this field as well. It is not intended to replace the input of collaborating physicians. In fact, the test section has been designed to force communication and teaching.