Cytostatic antibiotics of the anthracycline classare the best known of the chemotherapeutic agents that cause cardiotoxicity. Alkylating agents such as cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, cisplatin, carmustine, busulfan, chlormethine and mitomycin have also been associated with cardiotoxicity. Is cardiotoxicity heart ...
What does bismuth do to your body? Bismuth salts seem to helpeliminate bacteriathat cause stomach problems such as diarrhea and stomach ulcers. Bismuth salts also work like an antacid to treat problems such as indigestion. Bismuth also might speed up blood clotting. What drugs should not be tak...
High-risk patients (nonmetastatic and >200 mL initial tumor volume or patients with pulmonary metastasis only) received seven cycles of VAI or high-dose treatment with busulfan and melphalan followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT). Three patients (5%) were treated according to the ...