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Successful treatment of gemcitabine-induced acute interstitial pneumonia with imatinib mesylate: a case report

BACKGROUND: Gemcitabine is currently the standard chemotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of pancreatic cancer. This chemotherapeutic agent is generally well-tolerated, myelosuppression and gastrointestinal toxicity being common side effects. Nevertheless, gemcitabine-induced pulmonary toxicity has...

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Autores principales: Fenocchio, Elisabetta, Depetris, Ilaria, Campanella, Delia, Garetto, Lucia, Schianca, Fabrizio Carnevale, Galizia, Danilo, Grignani, Giovanni, Aglietta, Massimo, Leone, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2833-9