Chemotherapy-induced noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support

Autor: Briassoulis, E. Ch, Froudarakis, M. E., Milionis, Haralampos J., Peponis, I. A., Constantopoulos, S. H., Pavlidis, Nicholas
Přispěvatelé: Pavlidis, Nicholas [0000-0002-2195-9961], Milionis, Haralampos J. [0000-0003-3958-2266]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2000
Předmět:
Oncology
Dimetindene
Breast Neoplasms/pathology
Pulmonary toxicity
Antimetabolites
medicine.medical_treatment
Lung edema
Docetaxel
Water retention
Deoxycytidine
Paclitaxel/*adverse effects/*analogs & derivatives
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Breast cancer
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Liver neoplasms
Furosemide
Pulmonary edema
Phytogenic
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
Antineoplastic agents
Corticosteroid
Respiratory function
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
Mastectomy
Priority journal
Deoxycytidine/*adverse effects/analogs & derivatives
Respiratory disease
Liver Neoplasms
Antineoplastic
Lymphatic Metastasis
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
Cancer radiotherapy
Combination
Drug Therapy
Combination

Female
Taxoids
Cancer chemotherapy
Fluorouracil
Drug therapy
Thorax radiography
medicine.drug
Human
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Antimetabolites
Antineoplastic

Neutropenia
Paclitaxel
Prednisolone
Lymphatic metastasis
Drug potentiation
Antimetabolites
Antineoplastic/*adverse effects

Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy/secondary
Breast Neoplasms
Pulmonary Edema
Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Agents
Phytogenic/*adverse effects

Ranitidine
Article
Internal medicine
Case report
medicine
Humans
Chemotherapy
Cyclophosphamide
Aged
Lung toxicity
Pulmonary Edema/*chemically induced/drug therapy/radiography
business.industry
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/*adverse effects
Adrenal cortex hormones
Cancer
medicine.disease
Antineoplastic Agents
Phytogenic

Gemcitabine
Radiography
Clinical feature
Immunology
Breast neoplasms
Mitoxantrone
business
Zdroj: Respiration
Popis: Several cancer therapeutic agents have been associated with pulmonary toxicity. Herein, we describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the liver, who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) while on treatment with gemcitabine plus docetaxel combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) support. Gemcitabine, a deoxycytidine analogue, is reported to produce mild self-limiting and only occasionally severe pulmonary toxicity. The microtubule stabilizer docetaxel has been associated with water retention complications. The combination of these two agents has shown promising activity in several solid tumors and is in a phase of clinical development with prophylactic G-CSF in most of the trials due to the high rate of dose-limiting neutropenia observed with this combination. In our case pulmonary toxicity resolved rapidly following the administration of corticosteroids. A possible deleterious synergy of the compounds involved in this case is discussed and the medical literature on NPE related to cancer therapy is shortly reviewed. We conclude that NPE should always be considered in patients with respiratory function deterioration while on therapy with the gemcitabine-docetaxel combination and G-CSF. Corticosteroids can provide maximum benefit if started early upon diagnosis coupled with withdrawal of the causative drugs. Copyright © 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel. 67 6 680 683
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