TDS - Physicians' Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual

Physicians' Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual

2024 Ed.

Edward Chu, MD, MMS, FACP; Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD

ISBN-13: 978-1-284-00000-9

Oncology, Pharmacy/Pharmacology

Description

Completely revised and updated for 2024, the Physicians' Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual is an up-to-date guide to the latest information on standard therapy and recent advances in the field. Written by world-class experts in clinical cancer therapeutics, this essential reference provides a complete, easy-to-use catalogue of over 100 drugs and commonly used drug regimens-both on- and off-label-for the treatment of all the major cancers.

Key Features:

• Includes 12 new agents and several new supplemental indications that have all been approved by the FDA within the past year
• Updated new indications for previously approved agents
• Indications, drug doses and schedules, toxicities, and special considerations for each agent expanded and revised
• A specific chapter focused on antiemetic treatment regimens for both acute and delayed nausea/vomiting
• Diagrams of drug structures and pathways for many of the agents
• A comprehensive discussion of clinical pharmacology, special considerations, indications, and dosages
• Covers toxicity and drug-drug interactions
• A section on chemotherapy regimens for all major cancers
• Provides an overview of the basic principles of cancer drug therapy