Adverse Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy: Anything New to Improve Tolerance and Reduce Sequelae?

• Autore: R. Thomas Jagoe
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA, 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (245 p.)
• Soggetto non controllato: toxicity; cancer treatment; antineoplastic drugs; adverse effects; chemotherapy
• Persona (resp. second.): Kulmira Nurgali; Raquel Abalo
• Sommario/riassunto: Advances in anti-cancer chemotherapy over recent years have led to improved efficacy in curing or controlling many cancers. Some chemotherapy-related side-effects are well recognized and include: nausea, vomiting, bone marrow suppression, peripheral neuropathy, cardiac and skeletal muscle dysfunction and renal impairment. However, it is becoming clearer that some chemotherapy-related adverse effects may persist even in long term cancer survivors. Problems such as cognitive, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal dysfunction, and neuropathy may lead to substantial long term morbidity. Despite improvements in treatments to counteract acute chemotherapy-induced adverse effects, they are often incompletely effective. Furthermore, counter-measures for some acute side-effects and many potential longer term sequelae of anti-cancer chemotherapy have not been developed. Thus, new insights into prevalence and mechanisms of cancer chemotherapy-related side effects are needed and new approaches to improving tolerance and reduce sequelae of cancer chemotherapy are urgently needed. The present Research Topic focuses on adverse effects and sequelae of chemotherapy and strategies to counteract them.
• Altri titoli varianti: Adverse Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy
• Titolo autorizzato: Adverse Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy: Anything New to Improve Tolerance and Reduce Sequelae
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910346749803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II