The role of targeted therapy for gastrointestinal tumors

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 875-885

  Rolfo, Christian ^a   Bronte, Giuseppe ^b   Sortino, Giovanni ^b   Papadimitriou, Konstantinos ^a   Passiglia, Francesco ^a,b   Fiorentino, Eugenio ^b   Marogy, Ghada ^a   Russo, Antonio ^b   Peeters, Marc ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal tumors; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Neuroendocrine tumors; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; BRIVANIB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERLOTINIB; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEFITINIB; IRINOTECAN; LINIFANIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE B; REGORAFENIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TEMSIROLIMUS; TIVOZANIB; TRASTUZUMAB; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANOREXIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; FATIGUE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROENTEROPANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84911405942     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: 17474132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474124.2014.922870     Document Type: Review

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