A real boon for medical practitioners from a number of disciplines, this is a practice-oriented manual of medical oncology and hematology for day-to-day use in caring for patients hematologic and neoplastic diseases. It is founded on the longstanding experience of a large specialized university department accustomed to having to provide reliable advice in a broad range of circumstances. The authors have chosen not to give a comprehensive review of the various subjects but have instead focused on practical methods which have proven to be useful in their experience, with special emphasis on standardizing chemotherapy protocols.

Recent experimental and clinical progress in the evaluation of cytokines in treatment concepts for cancer patients is the central theme of this book in the ESO Monographs series. The discussion revolves on the experimental basis as well as current clinical experience with the use of human recombinant cytokines. It gives the state of the art and, as such, puts into perspective potential areas of growth and future research.

Contents: Introduction and Overview Lymphopoietic Growth Factors: Pathophysiology of T-Cell Mediated Shock Induced by Bacterial Superantigens - Natural Killer Cells and Interleukin-2-Activated Killer Cells - TumourImmunogenicity Induced by Exogenous Interleukins - Cytokine Gene Therapy of Cancer - Analysis of T-Cell Receptor Variability in Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes - Clinical Studies with Interleukin-2: An Overview - Clinical Trials with Local Administration of Lymphopoietic Growth Factors - Clinical Trials with Interlaukin-2. The Rome Experience. Haematopoietic Growth Factors: Lymphohaematopoietic Growth Factor Use in Lung Cancer Patients - Clinical Trials with Haematopoietic Growth Factors and Peripheral Blood Stem Cells

A real boon for medical practitioners from a number of disciplines, this is a practice-oriented manual of medical oncology and hematology for day-to-day use in caring for patients' hematologic and neoplastic diseases. It is founded on the longstanding experience of a large specialized university department accustomed to having to provide reliable advice in a broad range of circumstances. The authors have chosen not to give a comprehensive review of the various subjects but have instead focused on practical methods which have proven to be useful in their experience, with special emphasis on standardizing chemotherapy protocols.

Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY-NC 2.5 Lizenz. Einfach handhabbare und praxisorientierte Sammlung von Chemotherapie-Protokollen zur Behandlung von Tumorpatienten mit soliden und hamatologischen Erkrankungen. Wie gewohnt sind auf einen Blick Detailinformationen zu Chemotherapie, Begleitmedikation, Notfallsituationen, Nebenwirkungen, Kontrollen und supportiven Therapien sowie Zusatzinformationen fur eine sichere Applikation zu finden. Das Buch richtet sich an behandelnde AErzte, Pflegende, Apotheker und alle Tumortherapie-Interessierte. Der Inhalt Etwa 500 umfassend ausgearbeitete und jahrelang in der Praxis etablierte Behandlungsprotokolle, darunter auch aus den neu aufgenommenen Bereichen der Gynakologie, Radioonkologie, Dermatologie und Neuroonkologie UEbersichtlich nach Tumorentitaten und Indikationen geordnet NEU in der 6. Auflage: Ein Protokoll pro Seite tragt zur besseren Lesbarkeit bei sowie die Open-Access-Version des Blauen Buches auf SpringerLink Weiterfuhrendes Zusatzmaterial auf SpringerExtras inklusive detaillierter Patientenkurvenblatter, Standardisierter Vorgehensweisen (SOPs), Klinischer Pfade (Clinical Pathways), Formularen zur Patientenaufklarung und Einverstandniserklarung