Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual, 2007

by Edward Chu, M.D., professor of medicine (medical oncology) and pharmacology, and Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS ’66, the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (medical oncology) and professor of epidemiology (Jones and Bartlett Publishers) Completely revised for 2007, this handbook provides an overview of the field of cancer chemotherapy. It includes a comprehensive catalog of more than 100 drugs commonly used in cancer treatment, including several new agents. The authors discuss antiemetic drugs; clinical pharmacology; indications and dosages; and toxicity and drug interactions. The book also provides diagrams of drug structures and metabolic pathways.