Fatal pulmonary fibrosis induced by paclitaxel: A case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 391-393

  Ostoros, G ^a   Pretz, A ^a   Fillinger, J ^a   Soltesz, I ^a   Dome, B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL KORANYI INSTITUTE OF PULMONOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lung fibrosis; Ovarian cancer; Paclitaxel

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PACLITAXEL; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFECTION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 33645334951     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Review

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