Thischemotherapyagent is aprodrug, or drug precursor. When administered to a patient, the drug is in an inactive form. After the drug has been taken, it is converted to an active drug form in the liver. When converted, the active drug has chemotherapeutic activity. The active form of the ...
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Chemotherapy is a drug treatment thatuses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body. Chemotherapy is most often used to treat cancer, since cancer cells grow and multiply much more quickly than most cells in the body. Many different chemotherapy drugs are available. What is the...
Calcium folinate is not a chemotherapy agent, however is used in combination with methotrexate to reduce its side effects. Methotrexate inhibits nucleic acid synthesis by blocking the activation of folic acid. Calcium folinate is folic acid in the active form, and when given, it allows nucleic aci...
Single-agent chemotherapy for the treatment of elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: what is the best drug? Clinical OncologyChemotherapy-Oncologic ProcedureMalignant neoplasm of lungClinicalSingularTo the Editor: Recently, Kudoh et al reported that do-cetaxel (60 mg/m~2 day ...
So the world is as one small place and I believe that we have to learn from each other. China has spearheaded many therapies,many chemotherapy agents,novel therapies,because of the numbers and because of the biotechnology sector. We,in fact,are doing many studies in the us in collaboration ...
Chemotherapy may also be used to shrink lymph nodes that contain cancer. Radiation therapy uses x-rays or gamma rays to treat cancer. Radiation kills cancer cells and may stop the cancer from spreading. It may be given alone or with chemotherapy. A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to ...
It is thus an important agent to be used widely in high-dose settings such as high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). [3]Carboplatin is largely cleared by the kidneys at a rate comparable to the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Following a dose of ...
Chemotherapy (chemo) medicine is used to kill cancer cells. Chemo may be used to shrink the tumor or lymph nodes before surgery. Chemo may also be used after surgery to decrease the risk that cancer will come back. Chemo may be given with other treatment. Your provider can help you ...
Classically, the most commonly used disease-modifying drug we have is a drug called methotrexate which was originally used as a chemotherapy agent in high doses. In very low doses in rheumatoid arthritis, It can do a great job in controlling the disease and it really is s...