Toxic effects and antitumor response of gemcitabine in combination with piroxicam treatment in dogs with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1004-1010

  Marconato, Laura ^a,c   Zini, Eric ^b   Lindner, Donna ^a   Suslak Brown, Lisa ^a   Nelson, Victoria ^a   Jeglum, Ann K ^a  

^a Vet Oncol Serv and Res Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Animal Oncology and Imaging Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GEMCITABINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; PIROXICAM; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79955617143     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.8.1004     Document Type: Article

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