Vorinostat approved in Japan for treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: Status and prospects

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-76

  Sato, Akinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Novel treatment; T cell lymphoma; Vorinostat

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; BORTEZOMIB; CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; HEXAMETHYLENEBISACETAMIDE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN; VORINOSTAT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAIN; REVIEW; SEZARY SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID TUMOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84861384893     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S23874     Document Type: Review

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