Development of knowledge for better understanding of the disease; Treatment of most solid tumors using surgery and radiotherapy; Impact of chemotherapy on the survival of cancer patients.doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5969.502-cG EdelstynT D BatesD Brinkley...
Editorial: Drugs for common cancers. Politicians and the public want rapid, measurable improvements in cancer treatment. Some decrease in mortality and prolongation of survival time will occur as the result of upgrading the overall standard of medical care within a country,... None - Bmj 被引量...
The drug in question,cisplatin, has been a mainstay of cancer chemotherapy for decades. It's often used to fight a range of cancers, including including bladder, lung, neck and testicular tumors. Knowing that cisplatin might impact people's hearing could help guide treatment, said study co-au...
Lung cancer therapy is stymied by a lack of effective agents, but can be prevented by a smoking cessation program. Breast cancer is far too prevalent, but has the best response rate to drugs and the best palliation of any of these tumours. Prostate cancer, once androgen deprivation has ...
Chemotherapy drugs can cause side effects, but they don’t have to take over your life. If you're about to start cancer treatment, talk to your medical team about the possible side effects and how you can feel better. Fatigue This is common during chemotherapy. Some people feel just a li...
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been associated with improved survival in some cancers, but evidence for ovarian cancer is limited. Pooling individual-level data from 12 Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium studies, we evaluated the a
The prognosis for the T-ALL form of leukemia when relapsed is very poor, and new treatments are urgently required. The new therapy developed by the two institutions is a combination of drugs which was found to be effective in approximately one-third of patients. ...
化学药物治疗副作用处理常识(Chemical treatment; side effects; common sense) Chemical treatment; side effects; common sense Chemotherapy refers to the use of drugs in the treatment of diseases. Surgery and radiation kill cancer cells at specific sites, while chemotherapy works on all parts of the bo...
At present various classes of drugs are available to treat T2DMlikedipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors, biguanides,thiazolidinediones, and sulphonylureas. Several anti-diabetic agents have shown positive results but, their effects to curb cancer are controversial except for metformin. Metformin has shown ...
Accurately identifying the interactions between genomic factors and the response of cancer drugs plays important roles in drug discovery, drug repositioning and cancer treatment. A number of studies revealed that interactions between genes and drugs were 'many-genes-to-many drugs' interactions, i.e. ...