Side-effects of Cancer Chemotherapy on the Gastrointestinal Tract Book

	List of Principal Contributors
	Preface 1
	Preface 2
1	Pharmacology of cancer chemotherapy drugs	3
2	Pharmacokinetically guided optimization and individualization of medical cancer chemotherapy	17
3	Pharmacokinetics of anticancer agents in patients with impaired liver function	33
4	Pharmacodynamics of high-dose chemotherapy	55
5	Interactions of cytostatic drugs	73
6	Measurement approaches of quality of life in oncology	79
7	Morphological changes of drug side-effects - view of the pathologist	91
8	Cell cycle of the mucosa and gland organs of the gastrointestinal system - physiology and influence of chemotherapeutic agents	101
9	Side-effects of chemotherapy on the gastrointestinal tract: symptoms, grade and classification	107
10	Central origin and psychosomatics of nausea and emesis	113
11	Cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome - evidence in pathophysiology and management	120
12	Mucositis	128
13	Neutropenic enterocolitis, enteric infections	142
14	Management of chemotherapy-induced diarrhoea	148
15	Disturbances of pancreatic exocrine function, pancreatitis	166
16	Chemotherapy and liver function	170
17	Specific immunotherapy, angiogenesis inhibitors, gene therapy and other approaches: do we still need chemotherapy?	181
	Index	185