chemotherapy
Perioperative Chemoradiotherapy for Potentially Resectable Gastric Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Sensitivity Microculture (MiCK) Assay for Apoptosis Study Comparing Two Types of Ports in Patients With Cancer Receiving Intravenous ... [... more]
Clinical Trials |
Second Cancers Caused by Cancer Treatment
As people with cancer are living longer, it becomes more important to study the long-term effects of cancer treatment. Of all the late complications of cancer treatment, developing a second cancer is one of the most serious. Learn more about ... [... more]
American Cancer Society |
Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck ...
The oral cavity is at high risk of side effects from chemotherapy and radiation therapy for a number of reasons. Oral side effects may make it difficult for a patient to receive all of his or her cancer treatment. Sometimes treatment must be ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
FDA Approves First Generic Ondansetron Injection
Ondansetron is indicated for the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of emetogenic cancer chemotherapy (cancer therapy that causes vomiting) and prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. According ... [... more]
Food & Drug Administration |
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy involves the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. Although an ideal drug would destroy cancer cells without harming normal cells, most drugs are not that selective. Instead, drugs are designed to inflict greater damage on cancer ... [... more]
Merck |
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Chemotherapy Principles
To understand how chemotherapy works as a treatment, it is helpful to understand the normal life cycle of a cell in the body. Learn how how doctors predict which drugs are likely to work well together and how doctors decide how often doses of ... [... more]
American Cancer Society |
Nausea and Vomiting
What to Know: ASCO's Guideline on Preventing Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Cancer Treatment In 1999, ASCO published clinical practice guidelines for the use of antiemetics (drugs that prevent nausea and vomiting). These guidelines were updated in ... [... more]
Cancer Net |
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On Exhibit at NLM
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
Based on FDA and CDC's ongoing investigation of the Salmonella outbreak, consumers are advised: Do not eat peanut-containing products on the FDA recall list. If you are concerned about a product, call the phone number on the product packaging or ... [... more]
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