Cisplatin chemotherapy (without erythropoietin) and risk of life-threatening thromboembolic events in carcinoma of the uterine cervix: the tip of the iceberg? A review of the literature

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The risk of severe cardiovascular toxicity, specifically thromboembolic events (TE), in patients with cervical cancer receiving concurrent irradiation and cisplatin chemotherapy is reported to be less than 1% in several large prospec...

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Main Authors: Grigsby Perry W, Anders Jon C, Singh Anurag K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-05-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/1/1/14