Safety evaluation of trabectedin in treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 905-911

  Martin Liberal, Juan ^a   Judson, Ian ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rhabdomyolysis; Sarcoma; Toxicity; Trabectedin; Transaminase increase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DOXORUBICIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IFOSFAMIDE; TRABECTEDIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHENIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIOXOLES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SARCOMA; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886621154     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: 1744764X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2013.829037     Document Type: Article

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