Pharmacotherapy options for locally advanced and advanced cervical cancer

Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-432

  Duenas González, Alfonso ^a   Cetina, Lucely ^b   Coronel, Jaime ^b   Martínez Baños, Déborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Division of Clinical Research   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

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Indexed keywords

7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; BLEOMYCIN; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; HYDROXYUREA; IFOSFAMIDE; IMATINIB; IRINOTECAN; ISOTRETINOIN; MITOMYCIN C; NAVELBINE; NEDAPLATIN; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; TOPOTECAN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ASTHENIA; BLADDER DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY CANCER; ENTEROPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROCTITIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TINNITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINITIS;

EID: 77949287219     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11534370-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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