1. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica. The most up to date and comprehensive reference source. Volume I reviewed current drugs and practice in 1979 whereas the subsequent two volumes review the wvorld publications for their respective years. It is intended to continue an annual publication. This is a cumulative work and it is necessary to have access to all the volumes. Each volume contains chapters on all established and new cytotoxic drugs and chapters that review the treatment of individual malignancies. Carter SK. Cancer chemotherapy: new developments and changing concepts. Dru4gs 1980; 20;chenmotherapy, Pinedo MCanicer,1979
2. A review of analogue development, with particular reference to anthracyclines and nitrosoureas as well as some important topics that could not be covered in our review such as scheduling of drugs to manipulate cell kinetics, in vitro sensitivity testing, and autologous and allogenic bone marrow transplants. Martin DS. The scientific basis for adjuvant chemotherapy;Cancer Treat Rev,1981
3. A stimulating review of the theory and experimental evidence behind adjuvant chemotherapy. If adjuvant chemotherapy works, and there is increasing evidence that it does, there will be a major increase in the use of cytotoxic drugs and anybody who sees patients with cancer should be familiar with the evidence. Spiegel RJ. The acute toxicities of chemotherapy;Cancer Treat Rez,1981
4. A practical guide on how to deal with problems such as extravasation of cytotoxic drugs, vomiting, allergic reactions, mucocitis, and alopecia. Connors TA. Basic research in cancer. In: Collected papers froml cancer topics;Fareham Road,1981
5. An analysis of the deficiencies in current drug development programmes with suggestions for new approaches. This volume also contains short reviews on the pharmacokinetics of cytotoxic drugs, treatment of individual solid tumours, monoclonal antibodies, and the long term consequences of cytotoxic treatment;Mathe, G.,1980