Pathobiology of Cancer Regimen-Related Toxicities /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface.-Epidemiology and outcomes of regimen-related toxicities
- The biological basis for differences in normal tissue response to radiation therapy and strategies to establish predictive assays for individual complication risk
- The bystander effect: Ionizing radiation-induced non-targeted effects: Evidence, mechanism and significance
- The role of genes on the metabolism of chemotherapeutic agents and their impact on toxicity.- Animal models of regimen-related toxicities
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Mucositis
- Dermatitis and Alopecia.- Fibrosis.- Myelosuppression
- Neuropathy
- Fatigue
- Xerostomia
- Osteonecrosis
- Conclusions and therapeutic opportunities
- Index.