Oral cancer treatment: developments in chemotherapy and beyond

Oncology is one of the few areas of medicine where most patients are treated intravenously rather than receiving oral drugs. Recently, several oral anti-cancer drugs have been approved and there are many more in development. Oral chemotherapy is attractive because of its convenience and ease of admi...

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Autores principales: O'Neill, V J, Twelves, C J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12434279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600591
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description Oncology is one of the few areas of medicine where most patients are treated intravenously rather than receiving oral drugs. Recently, several oral anti-cancer drugs have been approved and there are many more in development. Oral chemotherapy is attractive because of its convenience and ease of administration, particularly in the palliative setting. With an increasing number of oral agents emerging, we can expect to see a rapid rise in the use of oral chemotherapy in years to come. This article reviews recent developments in oral chemotherapy, both of traditional cytotoxics and novel, targeted agents, from the viewpoint of patients, physicians, drug developers and health-care providers. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 933–937. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600591 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK
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spelling pubmed-23643322009-09-10 Oral cancer treatment: developments in chemotherapy and beyond O'Neill, V J Twelves, C J Br J Cancer Review Oncology is one of the few areas of medicine where most patients are treated intravenously rather than receiving oral drugs. Recently, several oral anti-cancer drugs have been approved and there are many more in development. Oral chemotherapy is attractive because of its convenience and ease of administration, particularly in the palliative setting. With an increasing number of oral agents emerging, we can expect to see a rapid rise in the use of oral chemotherapy in years to come. This article reviews recent developments in oral chemotherapy, both of traditional cytotoxics and novel, targeted agents, from the viewpoint of patients, physicians, drug developers and health-care providers. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 933–937. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600591 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK Nature Publishing Group 2002-10-21 2002-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC2364332/ /pubmed/12434279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600591 Text en Copyright © 2002 Cancer Research UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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