The first half of this reference outlines the administration and efficacy of 500 chemotherapy and drug regimens for treating 38 types of cancer, and summarizes the epidemiology, pathology, testing, staging, and prognosis of each cancer. The remaining 29 chapters describe proper drug storage and preparation procedures, indications for growth factors, transfusion therapy, complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, cancer pain assessment, hemophilia regimens, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Most of the information is presented in table format. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) The first clinical manual to bridge the disciplines of hematology and oncologyHematology-Oncology Therapy integrates an extensive amount of information ( 67 chapters ) that is critical to both office- and hospital-based clinical practice of hematology and oncology. This comprehensive approach makes the book invaluable to all practitioners involved in the care of patients with cancer or hematologic diseases. The three sections of Hematology-Oncology Therapy areI. OncologyII. Supportive Care, Drug Preparation, Complications, and ScreeningIII. Selected Hematologic DiseasesSection I provides detailed information about the administration, emetogenic potential, toxicity, dose modification, monitoring, and efficacy of commonly used and recently approved chemotherapeutic regimens or drugs and biological agents. In addition, each chapter, focused on a specific cancer, contains information about epidemiology, pathology, work-up, and staging, as well as survival data. Section II consists of topics commonly encountered in clinical hematology-oncology practice. Section III provides an authoritative guide to therapy for the principal diseases in consultative hematology.