Benefit, Risk, and Outcomes in Drug Development: A Systematic Review of Sunitinib

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Carlisle, Benjamin ^a   Demko, Nadine ^a   Freeman, Georgina ^a   Hakala, Amanda ^a   MacKinnon, Nathalie ^a   Ramsay, Tim ^b   Hey, Spencer ^a,c   London, Alex John ^d   Kimmelman, Jonathan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNITINIB; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MENINGIOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYMOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVEA MELANOMA; DRUG APPROVAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG APPROVAL; HUMANS; INDOLES; NEOPLASMS; PYRROLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84951906637     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv292     Document Type: Review

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