Avascular necrosis of bone: The hidden risk of glucocorticoids used as antiemetics in cancer chemotherapy

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 344-345

  Virik, K ^a,b   Karapetis, C ^a   Droufakou, S ^a   Harper, P ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; ETOPOSIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ONDANSETRON; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STANDARD; TESTIS CANCER; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034949124     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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