Cancer Chemotherapy

Introduction (H.M. Pinedo and B.A. Chabner). I. DRUGS. 1. Antimetabolites (C.J. Allegra, J. Baram, B.A. Chabner, G.C. Yeh, K. Aiba and G.A. Curt). 2. Alkylating agents, nitrosoureas and alkyltriazenes (T.A. Connors). 3. The anthracyclines (C. Myers). 4. Bleomycins (Y. Muraoka and T. Takita). 5. Mitomycin C (J. den Hartigh, J. Verweij and H.M. Pinedo). 6. Vinca alkaloids (R.A. Bender). 7. Podophyllotoxin derivatives VP-16 and VM-26 (M. D'Incalci and S. Garattini). 8. Cisplatin and new platinum analogs (L.A. Zwelling). 9. Multidrug resistance (R.L. Fine and B.A. Chabner). 10. New anticancer agents (G.R. Weiss, C.L. Arteaga, T.D. Brown, J.B. Craig, G.S. Harman, J.M. Koeller, J.G. Kuhn and D.D. Von Hoff). 11. Steroid and peptide hormones and growth factors (A. Howell and A.E. Wakeling). II. TUMORS. 12. Leukemia and myelomatosis (D. Catovsky). 13. Lymphomas (D.L. Longo and V.T. DeVita). 14. Therapy of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (R. Yarchoan, H. Masur and S. Broder). 15. Head and neck cancer (S.G. Taylor IV). 16. Lung cancer (H.H. Hansen and M. Rorth). 17. Upper gastrointestinal tumors (M. Ogawa and T. Taguchi). 18. Cancers of the large bowel and hepatobiliary system (J.A. Treat, J.D. Ahlgren and P.V. Woolley). 19. Endocrine tumors (J.J.M. van der Hoeven and P.S. Schein). 20. Genitourinary cancer (R.F. Ozols and A. Yagoda). 21. Gynecologic malignancies (R.C. Young). 22. Breast cancer (C.L. Loprinzi and P.P. Carbone). 23. Melanoma (Ph. Rumke). 24. Soft tissue and bone sarcomas (A. Santoro and G. Bonadonna). 25. Brain tumors (M.G. Malkin and W.R. Shapiro). 26. Pediatric tumors (D. Olive, E. Benz-Lemoine and P. Bey). 27. Supportive care (M. Markman). III. BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS. 28. Monoclonal antibodies and immunoconjugates for cancer treatment (R.W. Baldwin and V.S. Byers). 29. Lymphokines and cytokines (J. Wagstaff and C.J. Melief). 30. Biological response modifiers: preclinical and clinical results (J.E. Talmadge and J. Clark). 31. Adoptive cellular therapy (W.J. Urba and D.L. Longo). 32. Strategies for immunological monitoring (W.J. Urba, A.E. Maluish and D.L. Longo). 33. Growth and differentiation control (G.E. Francis and C. Pinsky). List of abreviations of drugs. List of abbreviations of chemotherapeutic combinations. List of NSC numbers. Subject index (prepared by H. Kettner).