Cancer Chemotherapy in Clinical Practice

A simple introduction explaining the broad principles underlying chemotherapy, this book gives trainees a framework within which they can place the specific aspects of cancer chemotherapy they encounter in their everyday experience. The first part of this book is unique in explaining the recent developments in the field in terms of their point of action in the natural history of cancer. The second and third sections contain a more straightforward description of practical aspects of chemotherapy, and the current place of drug treatment in everyday cancer management, including the outcomes of that treatment.

About the Author

Dr Terrence J. Priestman is Clinical Director, Cancer Services, New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton, UK; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK; and Series Editor, Cancer BACUP publications. In addition to having published numerous articles and contributed 16 chapters, he also wrote 4 books on cancer chemotherapy, gastrointestinal cancer, coping with chemotherapy, and coping with breast cancer. He was founder editor of Clinical Oncology, deputy editor of Clinical Radiology, and editorial board member of British Journal of Cancer and Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy. He has also been writing for the charity "Cancerbackup", which provides information to cancer patients and their carers.