Reviewing the safety of erlotinib in non-small cell lung cancer

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-157

  Reck, Martin ^a   Mok, Tony ^b   Wolf, Jrgen ^c   Heigener, David ^a   Wu, Yi Long ^d  

^a KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

EGFR; erlotinib; NSCLC; TKI

Indexed keywords

ARQ 197; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2C8; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; ERLOTINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARQ 197; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; RASH; SEPSIS; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; QUINAZOLINES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 78650438578     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2011.540799     Document Type: Article

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