Phase II trial of gemcitabine in patients with advanced sarcomas (E1797): A trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1969-1973

  Okuno, Scott H ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^b   Edmonson, John H ^a   Priebat, Dennis A ^c   Blum, Ronald H ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Chemotherapy; Gemcitabine; Sarcoma; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG INFUSION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMBOLISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SIDE EFFECT; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344839034     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11290     Document Type: Article

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