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Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
Medknow Publications on behalf of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI)
ISSN: 0973-1482 EISSN: 1998-4138
Vol. 3, Num. 1, 2007, pp. 68-68
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Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-March, 2007, pp. 68
Book Review
Filgrastim (r-methug-CSF) in practice: Second edition
Huilgol NagrajG
Chief Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, S.V. Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai - 400 056
Correspondence Address:Chief Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati
Hospital, S.V. Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai - 400 056,nagrajh@vsnl.net
Code Number: cr07017
George Morstyn, T Michael Dexter, Maryann Foote Publisher: Marcel Dekker Nagraj G Huilgol
The book edited by G Moostyn, TM Bexter and Foote was first published
in 1998. This is the second improved edition. Introduction of filgrastim
and other growth factors have influenced the practice of chemotherapy.
There was a lack of monogram dealing with CSF comprehensively. This book
fills in the need for a complete monogram. The book has six chapters.
The first deals with biology, pharmacology and biochemistry of filgrastim.
Later chapters deal with newer indications of filgrastim like autoimmune
disease, diabetic foot ulcers and infection. The concluding chapters
deal with practical aspects of dose, techniques of administration and
indications. The emphasis of the book is on the direct relation between
cumulative chemotherapy dose and eventual survival. It can be construed
as an effort to rationalise dose escalation with CSF. The chapter dealing
with filgrastim in pneumonia deals with the use of the drug in treatment
of nonneutropenic infections disease such as neonatal sepsis, pneumonia,
burn wounds and intractable intraabdominal sepsis.
Editors have covered
extensively the use of CSF. May be negative trial of CSF as radiation
protector and early reports of potential for thermal senstisation could
have been included.
Filgrastim in clinical practice is an excellent reference book for
oncologists. It is an extremely readable book with consistent style.
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