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Topic: Chemotherapy (view all topics)

Tags for topic Chemotherapy:

• Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel)
• Adjuvant
• Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin)
• Anthracyclines
• carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin)
• Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide)
• daunorubicin (brand names: Cerubidine, DaunoXome)
• Dose Dense
• Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin)
• Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin)
• fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil)
• Halaven (chemical name: eribulin)
• Ixempra (chemical name: ixabepilone)
• mitoxantrone (brand name: Novantrone)
• Navelbine (chemical name: vinorelbine)
• Neoadjuvant
• Standard
• Taxanes
• Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel)
• Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel)
• Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine)

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• Use of Anthracyclines to Treat Breast Cancer Has Gone Down

  Published on September 14, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Anthracyclines, Taxanes, Standard, Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), daunorubicin (brand names: Cerubidine, DaunoXome), Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), mitoxantrone (brand name: Novantrone), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Adjuvant

  A study has found that after 2005, there was a large increase in taxane chemotherapy and a decrease in anthracycline chemotherapy to treat breast cancer in the United States.

• Chemo During Pregnancy Appears Safe for Mother and Child

  Published on August 21, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Standard, Pregnancy, Anthracyclines, and Taxanes

  A study supports other research that suggests chemotherapy during pregnancy doesn't have harmful effects on the baby.

• Research Suggests How Metastatic Cancer Becomes Resistant to Chemotherapy

  Published on August 15, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  A very early study on cancer cells in petri dishes in the lab has found that a type of cell called a fibroblast also is damaged by chemotherapy. Damaged fibroblasts make a protein called WNT16B that may help metastatic cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy and grow.

• Cymbalta Helps Ease Neuropathy Caused by Chemo

  Published on June 6, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Standard, and Taxanes

  A study has found that most people with peripheral neuropathy got some relief from the antidepressant medicine Cymbalta.

• T-DM1 Works Better on Advanced-Stage, HER2-Positive Cancer Than Standard Meds

  Published on June 4, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine), Standard, and Herceptin

  A study found that women diagnosed with advanced-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer that had stopped responding to a standard regimen lived longer without the cancer growing when they got the experimental medicine T-DM1 compared to women who got a different regimen.

• Afinitor Before Surgery Doesn’t Help Treat HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

  Published on December 11, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Standard, Neoadjuvant, Afinitor, Avastin, and Neoadjuvant

  Research has found that adding Afinitor to paclitaxel didn't improve the response to neoadjuvant treatment with paclitaxel in women diagnosed with advanced-stage, HER2-negative breast cancer.

• Halavan May Help Treat Metastatic Disease

  Published on March 2, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Halaven (chemical name: eribulin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that didn't respond to other treatments who got Halavan lived 2 months longer than women who got supportive care or a standard metastatic cancer treatment.

• Chemo During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby

  Published on December 14, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Pregnancy, Standard, Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Anthracyclines, and Taxanes

  New research supports other studies that suggest that chemotherapy during pregnancy doesn't have harmful effects on the baby.

• Halaven Approved by FDA to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer

  Published on November 15, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Halaven (chemical name: eribulin), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine), and Standard

  The FDA has approved a new chemotherapy medicine, Halaven (chemical name: eribulin), to treat metastatic breast cancer that already has been treated with other chemotherapy medicines.

• Taxanes Only Reduce Recurrence Risk for Certain Types of Breast Cancer

  Published on October 8, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Standard, and Taxanes

  Research shows that taxanes (a type of chemotherapy medicine) reduce the risk of recurrence of only certain types of breast cancer, so using taxanes to treat the other types of disease doesn't offer any real benefits.