Safety of endoscopy in cancer patients on antiangiogenic agents: A retrospective multicenter outcomes study.
The use of antiangiogenic agents (AAs) in cancer treatment has increased because they offer survival benefit in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy. Given their potential to cause gastrointestinal (GI) perforation and bleeding, it is currently recommended that AAs be held for 28 days before and...
Main Authors: | Toufic Kachaamy, Digant Gupta, Persis Edwin, Pankaj Vashi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417598?pdf=render |
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