Features of gemcitabine-related severe pulmonary toxicity: patients with pancreatic or biliary tract cancer

Pancreas. 2009 Oct;38(7):838-40. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181ad97cf.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Deoxycytidine / adverse effects
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Deoxycytidine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia / chemically induced
  • Pneumonia / pathology

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Gemcitabine