Showing posts with label hand-foot reactions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand-foot reactions. Show all posts
Saturday, January 07, 2012
open access: Development and validation of a prediction index for hand-foot skin reaction in cancer patients receiving sorafenib
Background: This study describes a repeated measures prediction index to identify patients at high risk of ≥ grade 2 hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) before each week of sorafenib therapy.
Results: Pretreatment white blood cell count, female gender, good performance status, presence of lung and liver metastases and number of affected organs were predictors for ≥ grade 2 HFSR.
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