Low dose methotrexate and vinblastine, given weekly to patients with desmoid tumours, is associated with major toxicity

Sarcoma

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Van Der Hul, René L ^a   Seynaeve, Caroline ^a   Van Geel, Bert N ^a   Verweij, Jaap ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desmoids; Methotrexate; Sarcomas; Vinblastine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VINBLASTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DIARRHEA; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NAUSEA; PERFORMANCE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346495975     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13577140310001644779     Document Type: Article

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