Antiangiogenic drugs in ovarian cancer

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2269-2277

  Markman, Maurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Antiangiogenic agents; Bevacizumab; Cancer chemotherapy; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

AFLICERCEPT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; PACLITAXEL; PANITUMUMAB; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; SORAFENIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY CANCER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG CANCER; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349381607     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656560903120907     Document Type: Review

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