Systemic treatment in breast-cancer patients with brain metastasis

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1089-1100

  Arslan, Cagatay ^a   Dizdar, Omer ^a   Altundag, Kadri ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological agents; Brain metastasis; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; EPOTHILONE B; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THIOTEPA; TOPOTECAN; TRASTUZUMAB; VINCRISTINE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NAUSEA; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; QUINAZOLINES;

EID: 77951266756     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656561003702412     Document Type: Review

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