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Survival rates in breast cancer patients improved with "Dose Dense Chemotherapy"

...therapy drugs doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C): Sequential administration (A followed by T, followed by C) in three-week intervals (conventional) Sequential administration in two-week intervals, with filgrastim (dose dense) Concurrent administration (A and C together, followed by T) in thr...

Obese women with breast cancer may be under treated.

...ho were treated with doxorubicin hydrochloride and cyclophosphamide of whom 62 % were above a healthy weight, 31 % were overweight, 17 % were obese and 14 % were severely obese. The quality of the therapy was measured by the use of reduced doses for the first treatment compared with standard doses, dose proportion ov...

High-Dosage of Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide may cause AML

Adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide for early breast cancer// patients increased the r...r than standard cumulative doses of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide have an increased risk of developing Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)....

Treating Leukemia With Natural Cells

...esearchers believe the chemotherapy combination of cyclophosphamide and fludarabine allowed for the expansion of infused natural killer cells. These donated cells thrived in some patients for more than 28 days, and five of the 19 patients achieved remission. However researchers say more research needs to be done in o...

Cancer Drug to Treat Scleroderma Lung Disease

...'In our study, we found that active treatment with cyclophosphamide had a significant -- statistically and clinically ... Past research and case reports had suggested that cyclophosphamide (brand name Cytoxan) might be an effective drug for scleroderma lung disease. Tashkin and his coll...

Cancer Drug Helps An Anti-Cancer Virus To Act More Exhaustively

...lem they found that a chemotherapeutic drug called cyclophosphamide has the ability to briefly weaken these immune cel... these animals. Overall, the study suggests that cyclophosphamide improves the cancer-killing ability of this virus by inhibiting the activity of NK cells and certain...

A Collaboration to Find New Tools to Fight Leukemia

... regimen of three chemotherapy drugs, pentostatin, cyclophosphamide and rituximab, resulted in significant clinical re...e) of combined chemotherapy drugs pentostatin (P), cyclophosphamide (C) and rituximab (R) repeated in six cycles for 64 symptomatic but previously untreated patients. P...

Long-term Use of Herceptin Does Not Increase Heart Failure in Patients

... combination chemotherapy regimen, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel, or doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel and Herceptin. The incidence of congestive heart failure was compared betwe...

Infertility is Seen in Men With SLE

...d intravenous treatment with the immunosuppressant cyclophosphamide (IV CYC) as the major factor in permanent damage to the testes. Led by Polyanna Maria , Brazil, the study included 35 men with SLE and 35 healthy controls, who underwent an exam of the genitalia, and semen analysis to determine sperm count, morphol...

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