Novel systemic therapies in advanced liposarcoma: A review of recent clinical trial results

Cancers

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 529-549

  Tseng, William W ^a   Somaiah, Neeta ^a   Lazar, Alexander J ^a   Lev, Dina C ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; Liposarcoma; Molecular based therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EFATUTAZONE; ERIBULIN; FLAVOPIRIDOL; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; NELFINAVIR; NUTLIN 3; PALBOCICLIB; PAZOPANIB; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; RAPAMYCIN; RG 7112; ROSIGLITAZONE; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TRABECTEDIN; TROGLITAZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVANCED CANCER; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INOPERABLE CANCER; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYXOSARCOMA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84878840310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers5020529     Document Type: Review

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