Delayed emesis induced by moderately emetogenic chemotherapy: Do we beed to treat all patients?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 561-567

  Roila, Fausto ^a  

^a Policlinico Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delayed emesis; Moderately emetogenic chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; GRANISETRON;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIRUBICIN; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85045586044     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008229721099     Document Type: Article

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