Degarelix for prostate cancer

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 851-860

  Doehn, Christian ^a   Sommerauer, Martin ^a   Jocham, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degarelix; Flare; FSH; GnRH antagonist; Gonadotropin; Hormonal therapy; LH; Prostate cancer; PSA; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ABARELIX; ACYLINE; AZALINE; BICALUTAMIDE; BUSERELIN; CETRORELIX; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DEGARELIX; FLUTAMIDE; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; NILUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTHRALGIA; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN INDURATION; SWELLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, LHRH;

EID: 67649612735     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543780902954713     Document Type: Review

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