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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 3, 283-284,
February 3, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
BOOK REVIEW |
A Clinician's Guide to Chemotherapy Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Louise B. Grochow, Matthew M. Ames, eds. Baltimore (MD): Williams & Wilkins, 1998. 578 pp., illus. $79. ISBN 0-683-18111-4
Affiliation of author: Developmental Therapeutics Department, Medicine Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Correspondence to: Chris H. Takimoto, M.D., Ph.D., National Naval Medical Center, Bldg. 8, Rm. 5101, Bethesda, MD (e-mail: ctakim@ helix.nih.gov).
This is an outstanding book. It represents a unique, well-organized, and comprehensive
reference on the clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer agents in
common use, which is information that is not readily found in other sources. Prior to the
publication of this work, clinicians or investigators interested in specific details on the clinical
pharmacology of an anticancer drug have had to resort to computerized searches of the medical
literature in order to obtain this important information. Now, this up-to-date reference source
provides both information and easy access to the wider scientific literature in a single-volume
work.