Early detection and successful treatment of drug-induced pneumonitis with corticosteroids

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 876-879

  Ash Bernal, Rachel ^a   Browner, Ilene ^a   Erlich, Rodrigo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gemcitabine; Pneumonitis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DEOXYCYTIDINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PACLITAXEL; PNEUMONIA; PREDNISONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOPOTECAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0036422850     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-120005899     Document Type: Article

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