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Organ Directed Toxicities of Anticancer Drugs
. Ed(S): Hacker, Miles P.; Lazo, John S.; Tritton, Thomas R.
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Paperback. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on the Organ Directed Toxicities of Anticancer Drugs convened at Burlington, VT, June 4-6, 1987. Editor(s): Hacker, Miles P.; Lazo, John S.; Tritton, Thomas R. Series: Developments in Oncology. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
The addition of chemotherapy as an effective means to treat cancer has had a major impact on selected human malignancies. Due to a general inability to dif ferentiate between normal and neoplastic cells, little selectivity exists in currently used oncolytic drugs. Consequently, significant toxicity to the patient is expected when systemic cancer chemotherapy is chosen as an appropriate therapeutic in tervention. Much of this toxicity, such as damage to the bone marrow, gastroin testinal tract, or hair follicles, is predictable based upon the fact that anticancer drugs kill actively dividing cells. These types of toxicities, while serious, are usually manageable ... Read more
The addition of chemotherapy as an effective means to treat cancer has had a major impact on selected human malignancies. Due to a general inability to dif ferentiate between normal and neoplastic cells, little selectivity exists in currently used oncolytic drugs. Consequently, significant toxicity to the patient is expected when systemic cancer chemotherapy is chosen as an appropriate therapeutic in tervention. Much of this toxicity, such as damage to the bone marrow, gastroin testinal tract, or hair follicles, is predictable based upon the fact that anticancer drugs kill actively dividing cells. These types of toxicities, while serious, are usually manageable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Oncology
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461292050
SKU
V9781461292050
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