Table 1 Number of cases of bowel perforation following treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel in the literature
Author(s) and reference number | Title of article | Type of cancer | Journal | Volume | Year | Number of cases reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samejima et al. [8] | Rectal perforation in a patient treated with combination chemotherapy for lung cancer | Lung cancer | Gan To Kagaku Ryoho | 36(2):301–4 | 2009 | 1 |
de Haan and van den Berg [4] | Colonic perforation secondary to taxol therapy: an unusual presentation | Ovarian cancer | Onkologie | 29(11):541–2 | 2006 | 1 |
Rose and Piver [5] | Intestinal perforation secondary to paclitaxel | Ovarian cancer | Gynecologic Oncology | 57(2):270–2 | 1995 | 3 |
Seewaldt et al. [10] | Paclitaxel (Taxol) treatment for refractory ovarian cancer: phase II clinical trial | Ovarian cancer | Am J Obstet Gynecol | 170(6):1666–70 | 1994 | 4 |
Carter and Durfee [7] | A case of bowel perforation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer | Ovarian cancer | Gynecologic Oncology | 107(3):586–9 | 2007 | 1 |