Antiemetics: An update and the MASCC guidelines applied in clinical practice

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-43

  Herrstedt, Jørn ^a  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 BENZHYDRYL 3 (2 METHOXYBENZYLAMINO) 1 AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; APREPITANT; BEMESETRON; CANNABINOID; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; DRONABINOL; EPIRUBICIN; GRANISETRON; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METOPIMAZINE; NABILONE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ONDANSETRON; PALONOSETRON; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NEW DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BREAST CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; VOMITING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; VOMITING;

EID: 38449089186     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc1021     Document Type: Review

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