Cytotoxic Therapy: Tolerable with Support?

Synopsis: Considers at the increasing potential for toxicity as a side-effect of cytotoxic chemotherapy, as the treatment is intensified or escalated in an effort to improve results. Looks at the basic principles of chemotherapy; the side-effects - nausea and vomiting and at the immune system, infections and the use of haematopoietic growth factors as a possible antidote; adjuncts to chemotherapy - bone marrow transplant and blood stem-cell rescue; issues in assessing the quality of life which a patient can hope for as a consequence of chemotherapy; the importance of sympathetic communication with the patient.
Series: Cancer Care, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1994
Documentation: Accompanying background notes.
Uses: Clinical medical students, junior hospital doctors, nurses, radiographers and other related professions training in oncology.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: cancer; drug therapy; toxicology

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