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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.

• Dose-Dense Ellence Regimen Better for High-Risk Breast Cancer Than Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  Published on December 20, 2012 at 5:14 am

  • Tags: Dose Dense, Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), and Adjuvant

  Two studies looking at a dose-dense regimen of Ellence compared to a standard schedule found that the dose-dense regimen is better for high-risk breast cancer.

• Ginger May Help Ease Nausea Immediately After Chemotherapy

  Published on November 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Standard, Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Adjuvant, and Nausea

  A small study suggests that adding ginger to standard anti-nausea medicines can reduce nausea in women diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer immediately after chemotherapy more than the anti-nausea medicines alone.

• 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.

• 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.