Professor Lawrence says: "The sort of chemotherapy and the time length of treatment depends on the type and stage of cancer as confirmed by examining the cancer removed at surgery." Prof Lawrence explains that the side effects of chemotherapy "also depend on the type of drugs used but ...
The length of time and the frequency of drug administration will depend on the type of cancer being treated and how well the therapy is tolerated by the patient. Chemotherapy may be used for the life of the pet to control the disease. If chemo is being used to control small amounts of ...
Johann Hinrich KarstensAndreas MeyerSpringer-VerlagInternational Journal of Colorectal DiseaseJanssen S, Meier zu Eissen J, Kolbert G et al (2009) Anal cancer treated with radio-chemotherapy: correlation between length of treatment interruption and outcome. Int J Colorectal Dis 24:1421–1428...
AIM: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of the feasibility and outcome of definitive radio-chemotherapy without split-course technique but with individualised short treatment interruption in anal cancer patients. METHOD: Between 1993 and 2008, 101 patients with anal cancer were treated in ...
IN the "Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology" for 1948-1949, its then editors, M. B. Sulzberger and R. L. Baer, discussed the management of acne vulgaris at some length. Since then Sulzberger has shown his continued interest in the subject by a series of articles, some in ...
Treatment for multibacillary leprosy is presently performed with a multidrug therapy (MDT) scheme maintained for 2 years. Leprosy treatment however can benefit from the reduction of length. The lack of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production by lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients' lymphocytes lead us...
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in the combined modality treatment of anal cancer patients To report clinical and dosimetric outcomes of a consecutive series of patients with anal cancer treated with volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) concomitant to chemotherapy (CT). A cohort of 39 pat...
(e.g., type of cancer, length of treatment, treatment frequency, and chemotherapy drugs) factors [5]. Subsequent literature proposed that the PNS cluster may share common biological mechanisms [6], such as proinflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-6 and TNF-α), Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal (...
The median erythrocyte transfusion level was greater in the BFM (1000 ml/m2) than the MB patients (505 ml/m2, P < 0.01), as was the length of intravenous (i.v.) antibiotic therapy (22 days BFM versus 9 days MB, P < 0.01), treatment delays (39 days BFM versus 21 days MB, P ...
daily, weekly, or every two to four weeks. These are given in cycles followed by days of rest. Cycles and the number of cycles vary in length, depending on the chemotherapy used. You may get one drug or a combination of them. Your treatment plan is designed for your particular situation...