Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Tumour Biology in Relation to Chemotherapy | 4 |
Basic Biochemistry | 17 |
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Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy Kenneth Charles Calman,John F. Smyth,Martin Henry Norman Tattersall No preview available - 1980 |
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6-mercaptopurine Actinomycin Action Dilution Storage acute Administration Toxicity adriamycin albumin alkylating agents allopurinol Alopecia anti-cancer drugs anti-tumour activity antibiotics antimetabolite Ara-C asparaginase Bleomycin bone marrow Bone marrow depression breast cancer cancer cells cancer chemotherapy carcinoma cause cell cycle central compartment Check FBC chemo chemotherapeutic agents chlorambucil Cis-platinum Classification Action Dilution clinical trials compounds concentration cyclophosphamide cytosine cytotoxic drugs disease dose drug treatment enzyme excreted factors Figure fluorouracil folinic acid function gastrointestinal growth fraction half-life hexamethylmelamine hormone immune response immunotherapy increased inhibitors inhibits injection interactions intrathecal kinetic leukaemia liver lymphocytes Lymphoma malignant mechanism of action melphalan membrane metabolism metabolites methotrexate mg/mē Mithramycin molecule monophosphate Mucositis Nausea and vomiting normal tissues nucleic acid nucleoside nucleotides oral Pharmacology phase plasma Procarbazine protein purine pyrimidine radiotherapy receptors Reconstituted reductase renal ribonucleotide serum side-effects specific stem cells steroid Storage Pre-treatment therapeutic therapy thymidine toxic effects tumour tumour cells urine vinblastine vincristine