Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic...
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical application of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases. There are five types of antimicrobial chemotherapy:[citation...
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A chemotherapy regimen is a regimen for chemotherapy, defining the drugs to be used, their dosage, the frequency and duration of treatments, and other...
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Adjuvant (redirect from Chemotherapy adjuvant)
Look up adjuvant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In pharmacology, an adjuvant is a drug or other substance, or a combination of substances, that is...
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Chemotherapy: International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering antimicrobial chemotherapy, published...
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Induction chemotherapy is the first-line treatment of cancer with a chemotherapeutic drug. The goal of induction chemotherapy is to cure the cancer. It...
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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a type of hyperthermia therapy used in combination with surgery in the treatment of advanced abdominal...
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although chemotherapy has been used increasingly both preoperatively (neoadjuvant chemotherapy) and postoperatively (adjuvant chemotherapy). The most...
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ICE in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym for one of the chemotherapy regimens, used in salvage treatment of relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's...
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Adjuvant therapy (redirect from Adjuvant chemotherapy)
of adjuvant chemotherapy can range from nausea to loss of fertility, physicians regularly practice caution when prescribing chemotherapy. In the context...
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CHOP is the acronym for a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. CHOP consists of: Cyclophosphamide, an alkylating agent which...
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. It covers antimicrobial...
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virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases. Hodgkin lymphoma may be treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem-cell transplantation. The choice of treatment...
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High-dose chemotherapy (HDC) is referring to chemotherapy medicines which are given at larger dosages than that are usually used in normal chemotherapy regimens...
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smoking, ionizing radiation, petrochemicals (such as benzene), prior chemotherapy, and Down syndrome. People with a family history of leukemia are also...
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DHAP in context of chemotherapy is an acronym for chemotherapy regimen that is used for remission induction in cases of relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin...
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Low-dose chemotherapy is being studied/used in the treatment of cancer to avoid the side effects of conventional chemotherapy. Historically, oncologists...
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liver, and brain. Treatment may involve one or more of the following: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, proton therapy, targeted therapy, and surgery. In...
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EPOCH is an intensive chemotherapy regimen intended for treatment of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It is often combined with rituximab. In this case...
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Intrathecal administration (redirect from Intrathecal chemotherapy)
It is useful in several applications, such as for spinal anesthesia, chemotherapy, or pain management. This route is also used to introduce drugs that...
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Neoadjuvant therapy (redirect from Neoadjuvant chemotherapy)
the surgery-alone strategy. [citation needed] This systemic therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy or hormone therapy) or radiation therapy is commonly used...
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Glioblastoma (section Chemotherapy)
surgery, after which chemotherapy and radiation therapy are used. The medication temozolomide is frequently used as part of chemotherapy. High-dose steroids...
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (section Chemotherapy)
typically treated initially with chemotherapy aimed at bringing about remission. This is then followed by further chemotherapy typically over a number of years...
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Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering oncological pharmacotherapy. It was established in 1978 and is published...
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (section Chemotherapy)
fast-growing and if it is in one area or many areas. Treatments may include chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, stem-cell transplantation...
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MOPP is a combination chemotherapy regimen used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma. The acronym is derived from the component drugs of the regimen: (M)ustargen...
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Cancer (section Chemotherapy)
is often treated with some combination of radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Pain and symptom management are an important part...
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The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. The targeted therapy revolution...
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Malignancy (section Chemotherapy)
treatment during early stages is most effective. Forms of treatment include chemotherapy, surgery, photoradiation, and hyperthermia, amongst various others. When...
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Neutropenia (redirect from Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia)
Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome Transient neutropenia: Typhoid Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Cytomegalovirus Influenza Human Immunodeficiency Virus Propylthiouracil...
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