Docetaxel monotherapy for angiosarcoma in an elderly patient [12]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1602-1603

  Nagano, Tohru ^a   Tai, Yukimasa ^a   Higashida, Yuka ^a   Fujiwara, Norihiro ^a   Oka, Masahiro ^a   Nishigori, Chikako ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TAXOIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249008287     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.12.1602     Document Type: Letter

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