Albumin-bound paclitaxel in solid tumors: Clinical development and future directions

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 3767-3777

  Kundranda, Madappa N ^a   Niu, Jiaxin ^b  

^a Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center   (United States)

^b CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Lung; Melanoma; Nab paclitaxel; Ovarian; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ALGENPANTUCEL L; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; IXABEPILONE; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE; PERTUZUMAB; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TRASTUZUMAB; 130-NM ALBUMIN-BOUND PACLITAXEL; ALBUMINOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NANOPARTICLE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY CANCER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INOPERABLE CANCER; KERATOPATHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SOLID TUMOR; STOMATITIS; SUPERFICIAL KERATOPATHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; NANOMEDICINE; PHARMACEUTICS; TRENDS;

ALBUMIN-BOUND PACLITAXEL; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; PACLITAXEL; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84941888689     PISSN: 11778881     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S88023     Document Type: Review

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