HER2-directed therapy for metastatic breast cancer

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Jelovac, Danijela ^a   Emens, Leisha A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; ANASTROZOLE; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; LAPATINIB; LETROZOLE; NAVELBINE; NERATINIB; PACLITAXEL; PERTUZUMAB; PLACEBO; SIPULEUCEL T; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB; TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE;

ACNE; ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HEART DISEASE; HER2 POSITIVE METASTATIC BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INFUSION RELATED REACTION; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84875903673     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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