Targeted therapy for biliary tract cancer

Cancers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 2243-2254

  Furuse, Junji ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary tract cancer; Chemotherapy; Molecular targeted agent

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; BORTEZOMIB; CAPECITABINE; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; LAPATINIB; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PLACEBO; SELUMETINIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TRASTUZUMAB; VANDETANIB;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959737769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers3022243     Document Type: Review

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