Role of non-taxane-containing chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

American Journal of Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-244

  Bergqvist, Michael ^a   Sörenson, Sverre ^b   Brattström, Daniel ^c   Mok, Tony ^d   Henriksson, Roger ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; EPIRUBICIN; ERLOTINIB; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLIC ACID; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; IRINOTECAN; LOPERAMIDE; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; PLATINUM; VASCULOTROPIN; VINDESINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TARGETING; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE PHLEBITIS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BLEEDING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 33846884823     PISSN: 11756357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00024669-200605040-00003     Document Type: Review

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