Cancer therapy : prescribing and administration basics

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Title:

Author:

Pham, Trinh, author.

ISBN:

9781449633974

Personal Author:

Pham, Trinh, author.

Physical Description:

xxii, 362 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Overview of cancer therapy -- Basics of systemic anticancer therapy prescribing and verification -- Dosing calculations -- Cancer therapy preparation -- Oral cancer therapy -- Drug safety and risk management -- Inventory and reimbursement -- High-dose cancer therapy -- Pediatric oncology -- Investigational drugs -- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in cancer therapy.

Subject Term:

Cancer -- Treatment.

Antineoplastic agents.

Neoplasms -- drug therapy.

Antineoplastic Agents -- administration & dosage.

Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use.

Added Author:

Holle, Lisa,

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Summary

Cancer Therapy: Prescribing and Administration Basics is a helpful handbook that guides multidisciplinary hematology/oncology practitioners in the practical, day-to-day aspects of cancer therapy prescribing, verification, admixing, administration, and billing. This valuable resource will help practitioners to optimize patient compliance, drug efficacy, and safety by providing patient counseling tips, proper safety and dispensing of oral cancer therapy information, and clinically significant drug interactions.Cancer Therapy: Prescribing and Administration Basics is also a useful text for healthcare professionals whose primary area of practice is not hematology/oncology but who may be responsible for verifying, preparing, dispensing, or administering cancer therapy agents. This valuable text will provide them with practical information to accurately verify cancer therapy orders before drug preparation and administration and ensure safe use.