An extravasation reaction is one of those situations ... extravasations of the vinca alkaloids and possibly paclitaxel and docetaxel. When used, 150 to 300 units of hyaluronidase should be diluted ...

aclacinomycin, cisplatin, docetaxel, liposomal doxorubicin, mitoxantrone, oxaliplatin, and paclitaxel Inflammitants These drugs can cause inflammation or erythema at the extravasation site.

The FDA issued an alert last Friday that some patients have reported feeling intoxicated after receiving their infusions of the chemotherapeutic drug, docetaxel. The agency will be requiring ...

We compared docetaxel plus estramustine with mitoxantrone plus prednisone in men with metastatic, hormone-independent prostate cancer. We randomly assigned 770 men to one of two treatments ...

January 9, 2008 — A phase 3 randomized clinical trial shows that adding docetaxel (Taxotere, Sanofi-Aventis) after doxorubicin (Adriamycin, Pharmacia) slightly improves disease-free survival in ...

The question remains as to whether the chemotherapy drug docetaxel, which increases survival in metastatic prostate cancer, can improve the cure rate in these patients. In a new study by ...

Docetaxel (Taxotere; Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Paris, France) 75 mg/m2 was combined with cisplatin 75 mg/m2 every third week. Patients received premedication with prednisolone and clemastine. A total of 25 ...

During the period from February 2008 through July 2010, a total of 808 patients were enrolled at 204 centers in 25 countries; 406 were randomly assigned to placebo plus trastuzumab plus docetaxel ...

We report a 71-year-old man with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer who received weekly docetaxel and developed conjunctivitis and lacrimation disorder. Subsequently, he developed a ...

The taxanes paclitaxel and docetaxel are potent chemotherapeutic agents that block tubulin depolymerisation, leading to the inhibition of microtubule dynamics and cell cycle arrest. Although ...