Chemotherapy for Gynecologic Cancers: Society of Gynecologic Oncology Handbook, Third Edition
This edition is also available as an e-book for the first time, for easy reference on your phone, tablet, or any mobile device — available now on Amazon.
This compact yet comprehensive handbook contains the latest information needed to care for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Authored by leading experts in the field, it covers agents used for gynecologic malignancies, specific treatment regimens, side effects, and much more.
New to the Third Edition:
• All drugs and chemotherapy regimens developed since 2004
• Treatments based on the latest clinical trials
• New chapters on targeted therapies and palliative care
• Updates on premedication and management of toxicities
• Selected reading lists
Designed to fit a lab coat pocket — and now available as an e-book — this resource is a must-have for clinicians and other professionals across the field.
Thank you to the authors who contributed to this publication.
Chapter 1
Introduction and Principles of Chemotherapy
Kimberly S. Strickland, Jennifer M. Johnson, Russell J. Schilder
Chapter 2
Chemotherapeutic Agents Used in the Treatment of Gynecologic Malignancies
Elise C. Kohn, Linda R. Duska, Sarah M. Temkin, S. Percy Ivy
Chapter 3
Targeted Therapy for Gynecologic Malignancies
Krish S. Tewari and Robert A. Burger
Chapter 4
Design of Clinical Trials
Thomas J. Herzog and Mark F. Brady
Chapter 5
Role of Chemotherapy in Epithelial Cancers of the Ovary, Fallopian Tube, and Peritoneum
Maurie Markman
Chapter 6
Role of Chemotherapy in Nonepithelial Ovarian Cancers
Jennifer I. Brown and Gina M. Mantia-Smaldone
Chapter 7
Role of Chemotherapy in Cancers of the Uterus
Andrea R. Hagemann and Carolyn K. McCourt
Chapter 8
Role of Chemotherapy in Cancers of the Cervix, Vagina, and Vulva
Jonathan A. Cosin and Jason A. Konner
Chapter 9
Role of Chemotherapy in Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Emese Zsiros and Julian C. Schink
Chapter 10
Premedications, Antiemetics, and Other Considerations in Antineoplastic Therapy
I Daniel Benrubi and Christina S. Chu
Chapter 11
Management of Hematologic Toxicities
John B. Liao
Chapter 12
Management of Nonhematologic Toxicities and Complications
Megan F. Peterson and Joanne K. Rash
Chapter 13
Care of the Cancer Patient near the End of Life
Christopher V. Lutman