Acute hepatic failure following monotherapy with sunitinib for ovarian cancer

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 971-972

  Taran, A ^a   Ignatov, A ^a   Smith, B ^a   Costa, S D ^a   Bischoff, J ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; SUNITINIB; THYROTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PYRROLES;

EID: 61449110041     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-008-0814-7     Document Type: Letter

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