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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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• 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.

• Chemotherapy Before Surgery Can Benefit Advanced-Stage, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  Published on October 5, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  A small, early study found that 66% of locally-advanced, triple-negative breast cancers treated before surgery with a combination of carboplatin and Taxotere had no living cancer cells in the tumor when it was removed.

• Herceptin Plus Chemotherapy Without Anthracycline Effective

  Published on December 12, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), carboplatin (brand name: Paraplatin), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  The latest results from the BCIRG-006 trial found that Herceptin plus chemotherapy that didn't include an anthracycline was as effective as Herceptin plus chemotherapy that did include an anthracycline for women diagnosed with HER2-positive, early-stage breast cancer.