Microangiopathic hemolysis refractory to plasmapheresis responding to docetaxel and cisplatin: A case report

Medical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-192

  Marcoullis, George ^a,c   Abebe, Lool ^b   Jain, Dharamvir ^a   Talusan, Richard ^a   Bhagwati, Niyati ^a   Wiernik, Peter H ^a  

^a Saint Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma of unknown origin; Alkylating agents; Cisplatin; Plasma exchange; Protein A immunoadsorption; Taxanes; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOCETAXEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARACETAMOL; PROTEIN A; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PACLITAXEL; TAXOID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; BONE TUMOR; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; PLASMAPHERESIS; TAXOIDS;

EID: 1842848670     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:19:3:189     Document Type: Article

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