Presentation and management of docetaxel-related adverse effects in patients with breast cancer

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-259

  Ho, Maria Y ^a   Mackey, John R ^a  

^a Division of Medical Oncology Cross Cancer Iinstitute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Chemotherapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AREFLEXIA; ASCITES; ASTHENIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; COLITIS; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY COUGH; DYSPNEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; EPIPHORA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOXIA; INFUSION RELATED REACTION; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALAISE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NAIL DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PARESTHESIA; PARONYCHIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN TOXICITY; SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE; STRIDOR; SUBUNGUAL HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

EID: 84901656369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S40601     Document Type: Review

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