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chemotherapy
chemotherapy (kee-moh-th'e-ră-pi) n. the prevention or treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances. The term is increasingly restricted to the treatment of cancer with antimetabolites and similar drugs (in contrast to radiotherapy). See also
cytotoxic drug.
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Chemotherapy plus radiotherapy resulted in increased late complications.
Newspaper article from: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week; 2/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...amp; NewsRx.net) -- Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy possibly should be...considered when prescribing concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy, as a routine treatment...and 24 T3/T4) received concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy volumes...
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Intraperitoneal chemotherapy: implications beyond ovarian cancer.
Magazine article from: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...intraperitoneal (IP) combined with IV chemotherapy postoperatively as the preferred treatment...oncology nurses to become familiar with IP chemotherapy administration and patient management...administration allows a high concentration of chemotherapy to come into direct contact with tumors...
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Postsurgery chemotherapy questioned for certain patients.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 8/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...estrogen-sensitive tumors who undergo chemotherapy following surgery to increase their...tumors) gained a decided benefit from chemotherapy. These patients were significantly...treatment than those who didn't receive chemotherapy. Published in the July 17, 2002...
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Chemotherapy for breast cancer is associated with disruption of sleep-wake rhythm in women.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 9/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...impaired during the administration of chemotherapy. Results indicate that the first cycle of chemotherapy is associated with a temporary disruption...while repeated administration of chemotherapy results in progressively worse and...
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Chemotherapy may hinder memory
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; Chemotherapy may hinder memory, concentration of...cancer survivors have long suspected: Chemotherapy can, in some cases, cause problems...that 20% to 30% of women who undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer, as well as other...
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for Chinese women with locally advanced breast cancer
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...involves administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT). From March 1990 through December...the other 135 postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. The regimens for NCT were FEC (5...cycle). The postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy group received only the CMF regimen...
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Intermittent taxotere/calcitriol chemotherapy feasible for advanced disease.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 6/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...successfully treated with intermittent chemotherapy with no loss of disease control, according...Chicago. Breaks - or "holidays" - in chemotherapy potentially allow prostate cancer to...their quality of life as a result of chemotherapy holidays. "Our data, while preliminary...
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Intermittent Taxotere/Calcitriol Chemotherapy Feasible in Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer; Breaks in treatment may allow disease to be managed as chronic, rather then acute, condition.
PR Newswire; 6/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...successfully treated with intermittent chemotherapy with no loss of disease control, according...Breaks -- or "holidays" -- in chemotherapy potentially allow prostate cancer to...their quality of life as a result of chemotherapy holidays. "Our data, while preliminary...
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Enhancing chemotherapy effectiveness with simple vitamin C? My clinical experiences.(Letters to the Editor)(Report)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...of treatment when they are receiving chemotherapy, for fear of a negative interaction...patients to use vitamin C together with chemotherapy. If I were an oncologist and trained...of vitamin C that everyone uses with chemotherapy, there has been an overwhelming amount...
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus using low dose continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin: Results of a prospective study
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Cancer; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...disease.[7],[8] Pre-operative chemotherapy/chemo-radiotherapy has been used...and survival using pre-operative chemotherapy.[9],[10],[11],[12...controlled trials comparing pre-operative chemotherapy with surgery alone[13],[14...
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Chemotherapy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Chemotherapy Definition Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. Purpose The main purpose of chemotherapy is to kill cancer cells. It can be used as the primary form...
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neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nee-oh- aj -oo-vănt) n. chemotherapy given before (usually) surgical treatment of a primary tumour with the aim of improving the results of surgery or radiotherapy and preventing the development of metastases. Compare adjuvant therapy .
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chemotherapy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
chemotherapy , treatment of disease with chemicals or drugs . One chemotherapeutic approach is the development of selectively toxic substances...
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Dexrazoxane
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...the heart from damage caused by the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin . Purpose Dexrazoxane...cancer who are being treated with the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin. In most cases these...per square meter (mg/m2) of the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin before dexrazoxane...
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Metoclopramide
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy . Purpose Nausea and vomiting...common side effects of cancer chemotherapy. They are also among the most...patients to stop taking their chemotherapy and risk a recurrence of their...
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