A review of the current clinical trials for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Strosberg, Jonathan R ^a   Kvols, Larry K ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenic therapy; Carcinoid tumours; Chemotherapy; mTOR inhibitors; Neuroendocrine tumours; Pancreatic endocrine tumours; Peptide receptor; Radiotherapy; Somatostatin analogue therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOPEPTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; OCTREOTIDE; OCTREOTIDE[3 TYROSINE]; OXALIPLATIN; PASIREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; PLACEBO; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SORAFENIB; STREPTOZOCIN; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VATALANIB;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARCINOID; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INHIBITION KINETICS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33846813582     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.16.2.219     Document Type: Review

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