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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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• Women Taking Statins Have Fewer Heart Problems During Anthracycline Chemotherapy

  Published on January 14, 2013 at 5:59 am

  • Tags: Anthracyclines, Standard, Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), and Heart problems

  A study found that women who were taking a statin during and after being treated for breast cancer with anthracycline chemotherapy had fewer heart problems than women who weren’t taking a statin.

• 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.

• New Doxorubicin Formula May Be Safer for Heart Than Traditional Formulas

  Published on December 12, 2011 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin) and Standard

  A small study suggests that a new formulation of the chemotherapy medicine doxorubicin may be safer for the heart than traditional formulations.

• New Technique May Find Heart Damage Earlier

  Published on June 13, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), daunorubicin (brand names: Cerubidine, DaunoXome), Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), mitoxantrone (brand name: Novantrone), and Standard

  Research suggests that a new way to measure heart damage caused by certain breast cancer treatments may find damage earlier than traditional measurement tests.

• HER2 and Topo II Status Affects Response to Anthracycline Chemo

  Published on April 29, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), daunorubicin (brand names: Cerubidine, DaunoXome), Doxil (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), and Standard

  A new study suggests that anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimens should be used to treat only HER2-positive breast cancers.

• New Chemo Meds Improve Survival for Women with Advanced-Stage Disease

  Published on December 9, 2008 at 12:00 am

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

  Newer chemotherapy medicines and regimens, as well as targeted therapy medicines, are helping women with advanced-stage breast cancer live longer.