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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 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 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.

• 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.

• Abraxane Better for Metastatic Breast Cancer Than Taxotere

  Published on December 18, 2006 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel) and Taxotere (chemical name: docetaxel)

  Abraxane more effective than Taxotere for advanced breast cancer.