Pages: 576,
Specialty: Oncology,
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer,
Publication Year: 2008,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 134.62x210.82x20.32mm

The Washington Manual[registered] of Oncology, Second Edition presents the latest, most authoritative cancer management recommendations in the famous fast-access Washington Manual[registered] outline format. This edition has been reorganized into three major sections: principles of oncology, site-specific diseases, and supportive therapy. New chapters cover being an oncologist; principles of cytotoxic therapy; principles of molecularly targeted therapy; principles of clinical research; basics of molecular oncogenesis; pharmacogenomics; molecular diagnostics; cancer and thrombosis; management of complications of chemotherapy; and transfusion medicine. New appendices cover body surface area, dose adjustments of chemotherapy agents in renal and hepatic failure, and online resources for oncologists. The Washington Manual[registered] is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.show more