Pancreatic neoplasm in 2011: An update

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-321

  Saif, Muhammad Wasif ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drug Therapy; Erlotinib; Gemcitabine; Neoplasms; Pancreatic

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; ERLOTINIB; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; OCTREOTIDE; OXALIPLATIN; PLACEBO; STREPTOZOCIN; SUNITINIB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADVANCED CANCER; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPEPSIA; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HAIR COLOR; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INOPERABLE CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RASH; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TASTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR RESISTANCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VOMITING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960275005     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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