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Title Intraperitoneal cancer therapy / edited by C. William Helm and Robert P. Edwards
Published Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrations
Series Current clinical oncology
Current clinical oncology.
Contents Management of ovarian cancer : the theory / Maurie Markman -- Management of ovarian cancer : clinical trials / Maurie Markman -- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials / Kenneth Jaaback -- Immunobiology and intraperitoneal immunobiologics in ovarian cancer / Ralph S. Freedman -- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy : technique and complications / Joan L. Walker -- Hyperthermia and chemotherapy : the science / Roger A. Vertrees, Jeffrey M. Jordan, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger -- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in nongynecologic cancers / Bing Yi, Jason M. Foster, and Brian W. Loggie -- Peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin / Frans A.N. Zoetmulder -- Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer : experience in France / Olivier Glehen and Francois-Noel Gilly -- Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for ovarian cancer : world experience / C. William Helm -- Techniques of delivering hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy / Jesus Esquivel, Paul H. Sugarbaker, and C. William Helm -- Future directions in the delivery of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy / Scott Richard and Robert P. Edwards
Summary Intraperitoneal Cancer Therapy investigates intraperitoneal chemotherapy in a variety of complex and interesting ways. The volume details major clinical trails to date, including immunotherapy, hyperthermic treatment of colo-rectal and ovarian cancers. Authors also examine regional approaches to therapy, systemic therapy, and the use of carboplatin and paclitaxel as the standard treatment for women with stages III and IV ovarian cancer. Other chapters also investigate techniques and procedures in treatment, as well as the future direction of both normothermic and hyperthermic intraperitoneal c
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
gynaecologie
gynaecology
obstetrie
obstetrics
chirurgie
surgery
oncologie
oncology
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer e-books
Subject Peritoneum -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Congresses
Thermotherapy.
Peritoneum.
Ovarian Neoplasms -- therapy
Peritoneum
Colorectal Neoplasms -- therapy
Hyperthermia, Induced
MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
Ovarian Neoplasms -- therapy.
Colorectal Neoplasms -- therapy.
Hyperthermia, Induced.
Peritoneum -- Cancer -- Treatment.
Thermotherapy
Peritoneum
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Helm, C. William.
Edwards, Robert P., M.D.
ISBN 9781597451956
1597451959
9781588298782
1588298787