Docetaxel-induced hand foot syndrome: “No dose is a safe dose”
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- 1Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 6, India Case Report.
Published in Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Correspondence: Ankit Jain
Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 6, India Case Report.
Copyright: © 2012 The Author(s). This is an open access article.
Abstract
Docetaxel is an important chemotherapeutic agent used in the management of many solid tumors. The most important side effect of this drug is myelosupression. We report a case of carcinoma breast that developed severe hand-foot syndrome at 75 mg/m2 doses of docetaxel. The exact mechanism of this side effect in not known. All the physicians using this drug must be aware of this side effect.
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