The variance of melphalan doses related to kilogram of body weight and the consequences

Melphalan is an important cytotoxic drug. The empirical practice of body surface area-based (BSA) dosing (mg/m2) of melphalan has been critically analyzed in several observations. BSA-based dosing leads to significant variability in doses administered per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg), contributes to increased oral toxicity and probably does not have any significant effect on treatment results within equally BSA (mg/m2) dosed melphalan regimens.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 23(2010), 6 vom: 31., Seite 452-3

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Variabilita dávek melfalanu vztazených na kilogram telesné hmotnosti a následky

Beteiligte Personen:

Vokurka, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
English Abstract
Journal Article
Melphalan
Q41OR9510P

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.03.2011

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM206147546