Metronomic chemotherapy : pharmacology and clinical applications / Guido Bocci, Giulio Francia, editors.
This book analyzes all aspects of metronomic chemotherapy, a new approach involving low-dose, long-term, and frequently administered therapy that has preclinical and clinical activity in various tumors. After an opening section on the pharmacological bases of metronomic chemotherapy, including its a...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This book analyzes all aspects of metronomic chemotherapy, a new approach involving low-dose, long-term, and frequently administered therapy that has preclinical and clinical activity in various tumors. After an opening section on the pharmacological bases of metronomic chemotherapy, including its antiangiogenic effects and impact on immunity, preclinical studies on various classes of drug are discussed. Clinical applications of metronomic chemotherapy in a wide variety of tumors are then addressed in detail, with description of the results of all published studies. The clinical pharmacology of metronomic chemotherapy is also considered in depth, encompassing pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacoenconomics, and adverse drug reactions. The book closes by describing the role of this therapy in the veterinarian clinic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3662436043 9783662436042 |