Novel investigational drugs for gastric cancer

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 945-955

  Vecchione, Loredana ^a   Orditura, Michele ^a   Ciardiello, Fortunato ^a   De Vita, Ferdinando ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced gastric cancer; Monoclonal antibodies; Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Target therapy

Indexed keywords

AP 23576; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIRUBICIN; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEFITINIB; IRINOTECAN; LAPATINIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; MARIMASTAT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATUZUMAB; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TEMSIROLIMUS; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; BLOOD TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650442067     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543780902969455     Document Type: Review

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