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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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• 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.

• 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.

• Xeloda and Avastin Combo Better Than Xeloda Alone for Metastatic Disease

  Published on November 24, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine), and Standard

  The combination of Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine) and Avastin (chemical name: bevacizumab) has been shown to stop metastatic breast cancer from growing longer than Xeloda alone.

• 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.

• Taxol Weekly Better Than Every Three Weeks for Breast Cancer

  Published on April 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), Dose Dense, and Standard

  Getting Taxol (chemical name: placlitaxel) every week seems to have more benefits than getting it every 3 weeks or getting Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) on either schedule.

• Taxotere Combo Improves Survival

  Published on December 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

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

  The combination of Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel) and Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide) offers better survival and fewer and less severe side effects than the combination of Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin) and Cytoxan for treating breast cancer.

• Some Women Don’t Benefit from Adding Taxol to Chemo Regimen

  Published on October 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin), Cytoxan (chemical name: cyclophosphamide), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), and Standard

  An early breast cancer's HER2 status affects the benefits offered by Taxol.

• New Chemo Medicines Treat Metastatic Disease

  Published on July 24, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Navelbine (chemical name: vinorelbine), Taxol (chemical name: paclitaxel), Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel), and Xeloda (chemical name: capecitabine)

  Average survival times for women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer are increasing because of new medications.