Title | Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Oncology [electronic resource] : Basic Science and Clinical Therapeutics / edited by George Morstyn, MaryAnn Foote, Graham J. Lieschke |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-747-5 |
Descript | X, 477 p. online resource |
I. Basic Research -- 1 Introduction to Hematopoietic Growth Factors: A General Overview -- 2 Animal Models of Hematopoietic Growth Factor Perturbations in Physiology and Pathology -- 3 The Jak/Stat Pathway of Cytokine Signaling -- 4 Small-Molecule and Peptide Agonists: A Literature Review -- II. Hematopoietic Growth Factors -- 5 Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor -- 6 Erythropoietic Factors: Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics -- 7 Thrombopoietin Factors -- 8 Stem Cell Factor and Its Receptor, c-Kit -- 9 Hematopoietic Growth Factors: Preclinical Studies of Myeloid and Immune Reconstitution -- III. Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Oncology -- 10 Commentary on the ASCO and ESMO Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors -- 11 Neutropenia and the Problem of Fever and Infection in Patients With Cancer -- 12 Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Transfusions in Patients With Cancer -- 13 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Lung Cancer -- 14 Role of Hematopoietic Growth Factors As Adjuncts to the Treatment of Hodgkinโs and Non-Hodgkinโs Lymphomas -- 15 Use of Granulocyte Growth Factors in Breast Cancer -- 16 Role of Cytokines in the Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia -- 17 Hematopoietic Growth Factor Therapy for Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Aplastic Anemia -- 18 Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in AIDS-Related Malignancies -- IV. Safety and Economic Implications -- 19 The Safety of Hematopoietic Growth Factors -- 20 Long-Term Safety of Filgrastim in Chronic Neutropenias -- 21 Economics of Hematopoietic Growth Factors -- V. Future Directions -- 22 Potential for Hematopoietic Growth Factor Antagonists in Oncology -- Acronyms and Selected Abbreviations