Reduction of chemotherapy-induced side-effects by parenteral glutamine supplementation in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Decker Baumann, C ^a   Buhl, K ^a   Frohmuller S ^a   Herbay, A V ^a   Dueck, M ^a   Schlag, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Clinical side effects; Colorectal carcinoma; Gastrointestinal mucosa; Glutamine

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033083044     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00389-X     Document Type: Article

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