Recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer: An update on treatment

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Foley, Olivia W ^a   Rauh Hain, J Alejandro ^a   del Carmen, Marcela G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; BEVACIZUMAB; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FARLETUZUMAB; GEMCITABINE; INIPARIB; OLAPARIB; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TOPOTECAN; TRABECTEDIN;

ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEINURIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84876207877     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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