Novel therapies, including enzastaurin, in the treatment of ovarian cancer

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 579-598

  Vergote, Ignace ^a  

^a Katholieke Universiteit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Enzastaurin; Ovarian cancer; Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase inhibitor; Protein kinase C inhibitor; VEGF inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEVACIZUMAB; BMN 673; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ENZASTAURIN; FARLETUZUMAB; FOLATE RECEPTOR BLOCKER; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NINTEDANIB; NIRAPARIB; OLAPARIB; PACLITAXEL; PAZOPANIB; PROTEIN KINASE C BETA INHIBITOR; RUCAPARIB; TREBANANIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELIPARIB; VINTAFOLIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOLID TUMOR; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898466302     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2014.900542     Document Type: Review

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