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Nitrosoureas

Current Status and New Developments

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Archie W. Prestayko, Laurence H. Baker, Stanley T. Crooke
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 6 0 1 - 1
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 6 5 0 6 0 - 1
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 9 4 4 - 8

Nitrosoureas: Current Status and New Developments covers the preclinical and clinical status of nitrosoureas. The book presents preclinical studies on the development of the… Read more

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Nitrosoureas: Current Status and New Developments covers the preclinical and clinical status of nitrosoureas. The book presents preclinical studies on the development of the nitrosoureas; combination chemotherapy with nitrosoureas plus other anticancer drugs against animal tumors; EORTC studies with novel nitrosoureas; and chemical decomposition of chloroethylnitrosoureas. The text also includes preclinical studies on the metabolism of nitrosoureas; DNA crosslinking and the origin of sensitivity to chloroethylnitrosoureas; modification of DNA and RNA bases; and carbamoylating activity of nitrosoureas. Clinical studies on subacute and chronic toxicities associated with nitrosourea therapy; the toxicity of high-dose BCNU with autologous marrow support; and the clinical pharmacology of the nitrosoureas are also considered. The book further tackles clinical studies on nitrosoureas in the therapy of Hodgkin's disease; nitrosourea-containing combinations in small-cell lung cancer; adjuvant therapy of brain tumors with nitrosoureas; and clinical use of nitrosoureas in gastrointestinal cancer. Oncologists, toxicologists, biochemists, pharmacologists, and other scientists working in drug development will find the text invaluable.

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