Emerging treatment options for the treatment of neuroblastoma: Potential role of perifosine

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-29

  Sun, Weili ^a   Modak, Shakeel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt pathway; Neuroblastoma; Perifosine

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PERIFOSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TEMSIROLIMUS;

ASTHENIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COLITIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861409093     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S14578     Document Type: Review

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