New perspectives on targeted therapy in ovarian cancer

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-203

  Coward, Jermaine I G ^a,b   Middleton, Kathryn ^a   Murphy, Felicity ^a  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenic therapy; Cancer related inflammation; High grade serous; Low grade ovarian cancer; PARP inhibition

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FARLETUZUMAB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; NINTEDANIB; NIRAPARIB; OLAPARIB; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PAZOPANIB; PLACEBO; SELUMETINIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TEMSIROLIMUS; TOPOTECAN; TRASTUZUMAB; TREBANANIB; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENE MUTATION; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; MUCINOUS OVARIAN CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVARIAN CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM CANCER; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; VOMITING;

EID: 84922354674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S52379     Document Type: Article

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