Expanding role of lenalidomide in hematologic malignancies

Cancer Management and Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-119

  Ghosh, Nilanjan ^a   Grunwald, Michael R ^a   Fasan, Omotayo ^a   Bhutani, Manisha ^a  

^a LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMiD; Leukemia; Lymphoma; MDS; Myeloma

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BORTEZOMIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; LENALIDOMIDE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ASTHENIA; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; CONSTIPATION; CYTOPENIA; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDOLENT LYMPHOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOMA; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR FLARE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84936938817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CMAR.S81310     Document Type: Review

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