Full Description
The authors of this monograph provide a detailed update of basic and clinical research of drug delivery in cancer treatment, with special reference to pain relief, nutritional support and treatment with anticancer agents. Pain evaluation, treatment strategy, drug kinetics and bioavailability of opiates are discussed. Nutritional support is reviewed in a chapter describing tumor host metabolism and nutrient delivery in cancer treatment. New trends and developments in cancer chemotherapy complete this highly topical monograph.
Contents
Contents: Introduction.- Cancer Pain Management and Drug Delivery.- How Physiological and Pathophysiological Factors Influence the Pharmacokinetics and Analgesic Effect of Opiates in Cancer Patients.- Tumor Host Metabolism and Nutrient Delivery in Cancer Treatment.- New Technical Developments in Antineoplastic Drug Delivery and Their Role in Cancer Treatment.- Loco-Regional Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment, with Special Reference to Isolation Perfusion.- New Trends in Targeted Cancer Chemotherapy.