High dose interleukin-2 (Aldesleukin) - expert consensus on best management practices-2014

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dutcher, Janice P ^a   Schwartzentruber, Douglas J ^b   Kaufman, Howard L ^c   Agarwala, Sanjiv S ^d   Tarhini, Ahmad A ^e   Lowder, James N ^f   Atkins, Michael B ^g  

^a Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d St Luke's Cancer Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Prometheus Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Cytokines; Interleukin 2; Melanoma; Renal cell carcinoma; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALDESLEUKIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GRANISETRON; MOUTHWASH; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILL; DIARRHEA; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EFFUSION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENZYME DEFECT; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALAISE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGURIA; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGOR; SCREENING TEST; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SKIN TOXICITY; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84977123634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40425-014-0026-0     Document Type: Review

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