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ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2003

Managing taxane toxicities.

Maurie Markman

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Review in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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61citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Dermatological adverse events with taxane chemotherapy.European journal of dermatology : EJD · 2016
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  10. Cancer treatment-related cognitive impairment.Neuro-oncology advances · 2026
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  13. Tailoring the Release of Paclitaxel from Electrospun Nonwovens.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Three New Physalins fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  15. Comparative study of dexamethasone premedication regimens with docetaxel chemotherapy in early HER-2 positive breast cancer: A safety net hospital experience.Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners · 2025
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  16. Management of cutaneous adverse events caused by antineoplastic therapies: a single-center experience.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  17. Antinociceptive Effect ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  19. Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maurie MarkmanDepartment of Hematology/Medical Oncology (R35), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. markmam@ccf.org
Cleveland Foundation · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The two commercially available taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel) are widely employed in standard oncologic practice. Toxicity of the agents includes bone marrow suppression (principally neutropenia), complete alopecia, and hypersensitivity reactions. While both drugs can cause neurotoxicity and myalgias/arthralgias, this is a greater clinical concern with paclitaxel. Docetaxel can be associated with the development of significant fluid retention (e.g., edema, ascites, pleural effusions), the incidence and severity of which appear to be limited by prophylactic treatment with corticosteroids both before and after each treatment. If patients are monitored closely (e.g., for hypersensitivity reactions, bone marrow suppression) the taxanes have a favorable side effect profile, and it is currently uncommon for treatment to be discontinued because of the development of excessive toxicity.

Indexed as

TaxoidsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicArthralgiaBridged-Ring CompoundsDocetaxelDrug HypersensitivityHumansNeutropeniaPaclitaxelPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesThrombocytopeniaAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicBridged-Ring CompoundsDocetaxelPaclitaxeltaxaneTaxoids

Identifiers

PMID12618923
OpenAlexW1541952204

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Registered trials

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