Principles And Practice Of Chemotherapy (Paperback)

This book is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of cancer management. Beginning with an introduction to medical oncology and its management, the following sections examine common types of cancer and their chemo- and radiation therapies. More than 200 images and illustrations are included to assist understanding.

Table Of Contents
Section-A: Medical Oncology
1. Concepts of Cancer Chemotherapy
2. Chemotherapeutic Drugs
3. New Hope with Gene Therapy
4. Side Effects of Chemotherapy
5. Hormone Treatment in Cancer

Section-B: General Management in Oncology
6. Management of Cancer Pain
7. Management of Anemia
8. Management of Bleeding in Cancer Patient?s
9. Role of Steroids in Cancer
10. Role of Antacids

Section-C: Common Cancer and its Management
11. Management of Cervical Cancer
12. Breast Cancer Management
13. Palliative Treatment in Breast Cancer
14. Head and Neck Cancer
15. Ovarian Cancer
16. Endometrial Cancer
17. Hodgkin?s Lymphoma
18. Non-Hodgkin?s
19. Gallbladder Cancer
20. Lung Cancer
21. Carcinoma Larynx
22. Nasopharynx Carcinoma (NPC)
23. Thyroid Cancer
24. Leukemia
25. Neuroendocrine Tumor

Section-D: Radiation Oncology
26. Radioactivity
27. Measurement of X-ray
28. Principles of Radiation Therapy
29. Time, Dose and Fractionation in Radiotherapy
30. Effects of Radiation on Normal Human Tissue
31. Latest Radiotherapy Technique
32. Imaging in Oncology
33. Radiation Oncologist with Benign Tumors
Bibliography
Index