Tumor lysis syndrome after treatment with gemcitabine for metastatic transitional cell carcinoma

Medical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-457

  Lin, Cheng Jui ^a   Lim, Ken Hong ^a,b   Cheng, Yi Chou ^a   Chen, Han Hsiang ^a,b   Wu, Chih Jen ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gemcitabine; Transitional cell carcinoma; Tumor lysis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; FUROSEMIDE; GEMCITABINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 36249019231     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-007-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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