Salvage chemotherapy with Taxol for recurrent anaplastic astrocytomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Chamberlain, Marc C ^a   Kormanik, Patty ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Recurrent anaplastic astrocytomas; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; LOMUSTINE; NITROSOUREA; PACLITAXEL; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PACLITAXEL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0032780803     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006277631745     Document Type: Article

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