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Docetaxel-induced hand foot syndrome: “No dose is a safe dose”

Ankit Jain1★, Biswajit Dubashi1★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 6, India Case Report.

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Ankit Jain

Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry 6, India Case Report.

Volume 3, Issue 2 · pp. 200–201 · PUBLISHED 2012 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.95534

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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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    Jain, A., & Dubashi, B. (2012). Docetaxel-induced hand foot syndrome: “No dose is a safe dose”. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 3(2), 200–201. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.95534