This shorter treatment time is possible using advanced technology that precisely aims rays of radiation at the cancer cells. This delivery method allows the cancerous cells to be treated with a higher dose while sparing nearby organs and tissues. Related Reading: Treating Prostate Cancer In Less...
Because of its mild toxicity profile and short course of therapy, sipuleucel-T may be optimally positioned for use prior to docetaxel chemotherapy in treating asymptomatic patients with metastatic prostate cancer.doi:10.1016/S1548-5315(11)70104-8E. Roy Berger...
Most people receive chemotherapy for breast cancer after they’ve had surgery, but you might receive it before surgery to help shrink your tumor in some cases. Chemotherapy is a treatment option for most forms of breast cancer. It can be used for treating early and locally advanced breast ...
Benzodiazepines have a unique role in treating anticipatory nausea, states Roeland. Of the available agents in this class, lorazepam is one of the safest, given its half-life and metabolic profile, he adds. Other classes of drugs used to treat CINV include dopamine antagonists, such as haloperid...
Thomas Powles, MD, shares his advice for community oncologists treating patients with bladder cancer in the frontline setting. According to Powles, this is a setting where there is a lot of uncertainty that can make decision making difficult.
Unfortunately, we are treating a geriatric, elderly, frail patient population, often with comorbid medical conditions. And it’s estimated in some series that over 50% of patients are not eligible for standard-of-care cisplatin-based chemotherapy. This may be due to a GFR [glomerular fil...
Theoretically, anti-angiogenic drugs that target abroad spectrum of signaling pathways would be more desirable and effective for treating cancer since malignant tissues are heterogeneous with different populations of tumor and host cells that produce various angiogenic factors. In this regard, anti-angiogen...
Small-molecular compounds can enter cells, in particular when they have lipophilic moieties, to interfere specifically with target molecules that are essential for cancer cells and preferably not for non-cancer cells [216]. Anti-angiogenic therapies are tested in gynecological cancers because of the ...
Treating cancerFor some cancers, no treatment may be necessary because they are very slow-growing. Low-grade prostate cancer in men over the age of 70 is a good example of a cancer that often does not require immediate treatment.Most cancers do require active treatment. If the cancer is con...
combination therapies, fixed duration, and MRD [minimal residual disease] negativity. It has been really mind-blowing. Why don’t you kick us off and give us an overview of what the available treatment options are for CLL. What is the role of first-generation BTK inhibitors in treating patie...