Supportive care in cancer patients : recent developments
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Supportive care in cancer patients : recent developments
（Antibiotics and chemotherapy, vol. 50）
Karger, c2000
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An innovation in cancer treatment over the last decade has been the emergence of intensive chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. The success of this intensive chemotherapy also depends on an optimal supportive care, which consists of prevention and management of adverse effects, and psychological support. This book attempts to cover the most frequent problems of supportive care in detail, especially the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infections, adverse events in the gastrointestinal tract, and the treatment of cytotoxic drug extravasation with special consideration of recently introduced cytotoxic agents. The rational use of hematopoietic growth factors for the reversal of disease- or treatment-related neutropenia, anemia and thrombocytopenia are discussed extensively. Further issues considered include anticoagulant prophylaxis, quality of life and recent advances in the use of effective antiemetics, which have increased the tolerability of standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and have opened up new ways of enhancing treatment. Supportive care requires an interdisciplinary approach. This book, therefore, is designed to provide an up-to-date overview for oncologists as well as general physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and all those giving care to cancer patients.
Table of Contents
- Changing epidemiology of bacterial infection in neutropenic patients with cancer, J. Carratala and F. Gudiol
- serum and plasma parameters in clinical evaluation of neutropenic fever, Th. Sudhoff, A. Giagounidis and M. Karthaus
- antimicrobial therapy in neutropenic patients, G. Egerer, M. Karthaus, et al
- interventional once-daily administration of Ceftriaxone in leukaemia and lymphoma patients with febrile neutropenia, M. Karthaus et al
- Ceftriaxone and Cefotaxime are equally effective in the treatment of neutropenic fever, O.A. Cornely, B. Salzberger et al
- outpatient treatment of cancer patients with fever and neutropenia, M. Karthaus, G. Egerer and H. Jurgens
- current serological and molecular methods in the diagnosis of systematic infections with Candida sp. And Aspergillus sp. in immunocompromised patients with haematological malignancies, D. Buchheidt, H. Skladny et al
- antifungal prophylaxis in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies, A. Bohme, M. Karthaus and D. Hoelzer
- treatment of systemic fungal infections in patients with haematologic malignancies, A. Bohme and M. Karthaus
- clinical use of haematopoietic growth factors, G. Seipelt
- recombitant human erythropoietin in the treatment of cancer, F. Stilgenbauer, G. Egerer et al
- new strategies in the treatment and prophylaxis of chemo- and radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis, C. Rosenthal, M. Karthaus and A. Ganser
- central venous catheter-related complications, H.-J. Salwender, G. Egerer et al
- cytotoxic drug extravasation, K. Fenchel and M. Karthaus
- anticoagulant prophylaxis and therapy in patients with cancer, M. von Depka Prondzinski, M. Karthaus et al
- quality of life assessment - problems and goals, J.G. Meran, M. Karthaus and H. Ludwig
- treatment of chemotherapy-induced emesis, G. Egerer, U. Hegenbart et al
- diarrhoea and constipation, J.T. Hartmann and C. Bokemeyer.
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