Cancer Management in Man: Chemotherapy, Biological Therapy, Hyperthermia and Supporting Measures

1. Plant-Derived Natural Products as Anticancer Agents
David G.I. Kingston

2. The Vinca Alkaloids
Nicole Coufal, Lauge Farnaes

3. Taxanes and Epothilones in Cancer Treatment
Edward F. McClay

4. Alkylating Agents
Laurent Gate, Kenneth D. Tew

5. Anthracyclines and Anthracenediones
Nicole Coufal, Lauge Farnaes

6. Topoisomerase I Inhibitors – The Camptothecins
Michael Newton, Gene Wetzstein, Daniel Sullivan

7. Folate Antagonists
Alex Ko

8. Platinum Complexes for the Treatment of Cancer
David Roberts, Peter J. O’Dwyer, Steven W. Johnson

9. Hormonal Therapy in Cancer
Soe T. Maunglay, Julia A. Cogburn, Pamela N. Munster

10. Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy on Gonadal Function
Angela R. Bradbury, Richard L. Schilsky

11. Targeting the TumorMicroenvironment for Enhancing Chemotherapy in HematologicMalignancies
Luis A. Crespo, Xinwei Zhang, Jianguo Tao

12. Cytokines in the Treatment of Cancer
Adrian Bot

13. Antibody-Based Therapies for Solid Tumors
Satish Shanbhag, Barbara Burtness

14. Cancer Vaccines
Stephanie Schroter, Melanie Hayden, Wenxue Ma, Nellia Fleurov, Neha Rahan, Boris R. Minev

15. Adoptive Immunotherapy of Cancer Using Autologous Lymphocytes
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Riki Okita, Akiko Emi, Katsuji Hironaka, Makoto Okawaki, Takuhiro Ikeda, Masahiro Ohara, Ichiro Nagamine, Jun Hihara

16. Oncolytic Virotherapy of Cancer
Nanhai G. Chen, Aladar A. Szalay

17. Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Daanish Hoda, Adil Daud

18. Inhibitors of Tumor Angiogenesis
Anaadriana Zakarija, William J. Gradishar

19. Transcatheter Management of Neoplasms
Christos S. Georgiades, Jean-Francois Geschwind

20. Tumor Stem Cells: Therapeutic Implications of a Paradigm Shift in Multiple Myeloma
Neil H. Riordan, Thomas E. Ichim, Famela Ramos, Samantha Halligan, Rosalia Necochea-Campion, Grzegorz W. Basak, Steven F. Josephs, Boris R. Minev, Ewa Carrier

21. Induced Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Cancer
Bert Hildebrandt, Johanna Gellermann, Hanno Riess, Peter Wust

22. Hematologic Support of the Patient with Malignancy
Thomas A. Lane

23. Current Status of BoneMarrow Transplantation for Treatment of Cancer
Edward D. Ball, Asad Bashey, Ewa Carrier, Januario E. Castro, Peter Holman, Thomas A. Lane

24. Pain Management in Cancer Patients
Hrachya Nersesyan, Jeffrey J. Mucksavage, Eljim Tesoro, Konstantin V. Slavin

25. Management of Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients
Rudolph M. Navari, Paula P. Province, Steven D. Passik

26. Nutrition in the Management of the Cancer Patient
Cheryl L. Rock

27. Predictive Value of IFN-γ-Induced Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Expression in Cancer Patients
G. Brandacher, A. Amberger, K. Schroecksnadel, R. Margreiter, Dietmar Fuchs

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Oncology