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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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• 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.

• Zometa with Chemo Before Surgery Helps Kill Breast Cancer Cells in Bone Marrow

  Published on April 1, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  Research suggests that adding Zometa to chemotherapy given before early-stage breast cancer surgery may destroy breast cancer cells that have traveled to the bone marrow in some women.

• Adding Taxotere to Standard Chemo Doesn’t Seem to Help Treat Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  Published on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Standard

  Taxotere doesn't seem to offer any benefits in treating early-stage breast cancer and also causes more serious side effects.

• 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.

• Cancers Resistant to Anthracyclines May Respond to Taxotere-Xeloda Combo

  Published on September 10, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine), and Standard

  A new study suggests that breast cancer that is resistant to an anthracycline may respond to a combination of two other chemotherapies, Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) and Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine).

• Taxol Added to Chemo Combination Improved Survival of Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

  Published on May 30, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Ellence (chemical name: epirubicin), fluorouracil (also called 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU; brand name: Adrucil), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), and Standard

  After surgery to treat early-stage breast cancer, women who got Taxol after the FEC (fluorouracil, Ellence, Cytoxan) chemotherapy combination were more likely to be alive and cancer-free 5 years after diagnosis than women who got only FEC.