Pemetrexed-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis: A Case Study and Literature Review

Pemetrexed is a new-generation antifolate drug, now widely used in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We report a case of pemetrexed-induced interstitial pneumonitis, and review the literature of eight previously reported cases. As pemetrexed is now a widely used chemotherapeutic agen...

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Autores principales: Waters, Michael J., Sukumaran, Shawgi, Karapetis, Chris S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147410
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon845w
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description Pemetrexed is a new-generation antifolate drug, now widely used in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We report a case of pemetrexed-induced interstitial pneumonitis, and review the literature of eight previously reported cases. As pemetrexed is now a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, it is important to be aware of rare adverse events related to its administration.
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spelling pubmed-56497742017-11-16 Pemetrexed-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis: A Case Study and Literature Review Waters, Michael J. Sukumaran, Shawgi Karapetis, Chris S. World J Oncol Case Report Pemetrexed is a new-generation antifolate drug, now widely used in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We report a case of pemetrexed-induced interstitial pneumonitis, and review the literature of eight previously reported cases. As pemetrexed is now a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, it is important to be aware of rare adverse events related to its administration. Elmer Press 2014-12 2014-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5649774/ /pubmed/29147410 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon845w Text en Copyright 2014, Waters et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pemetrexed-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis: A Case Study and Literature Review
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title_short Pemetrexed-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis: A Case Study and Literature Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147410
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