Noticias de investigación sobre quimioterapia
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SABCS: Anthracycline Not Needed with Trastuzumab (en inglés)
After breast cancer surgery, many women diagnosed with early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer are treated with the targeted therapy Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) and a combination of chemoth...
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Breast Cancer Regimen Effective But Toxic (en inglés)
Adjuvant chemotherapy is chemotherapy given after surgery to lower the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). A study looked at women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and found that adjuv...
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ASCO Breast: Analysis Revises Taxane Benefit in Breast Cancer (en inglés)
After surgery for early-stage breast cancer, chemotherapy often is given to destroy any breast cancer cells that may remain in the body and reduce the risk of the cancer coming back (recurrence). Docto...
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Monotherapy Preferred for Metastatic Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Treating metastatic breast cancer with one chemotherapy medicine at a time (monotherapy) is as effective as using two or more chemotherapy medicines at the same time (combination chemotherapy), accordi...
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Sequential Docetaxel: No Benefit in Early Breast Cancer (en inglés)
The chemotherapy medicine Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) is approved to be used in combination with other chemotherapy medicines to treat early-stage breast cancer. Still, doctors continued to stu...
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Standard Therapy Tops Capecitabine in Older Patients (en inglés)
Taking chemotherapy medicine orally (by mouth) may seem like a better option than getting chemotherapy intravenously for some women, especially older women. But a study found that women older than 65 w...
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TOP2A Gene Change Affects Response in Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Genes in breast cancer cells affect how the cancer grows and how it responds to certain treatments. A study found that HER2-negative breast cancers are usually topo II-negative. This means that the can...
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SABCS: Bone-Preserving Drug May Have Antitumor Activity (en inglés)
Zometa (chemical name: zoledronic acid) is a medicine used to strengthen bones in women diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer that has spread to the bone. Zometa can reduce bone pain and the risk...
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New Chemotherapy Agents Cut Advanced Breast Cancer Mortality in Half (en inglés)
Research has made it clear that new ways to treat and diagnose breast cancer have benefitted women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Women diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer also have ...
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Breast Cancer Benefit Seen for Bevacizumab Combo (en inglés)
Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine) is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat advanced (metastatic) breast cancer. A study found that a combination of Xeloda and Avastin (chemical name: bevacizumab), a...
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