Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is often used as an additional safeguard after surgery or in conjunction with radiotherapy, to destroy any remaining cancer cells and reduce the chance of the cancer returning. Chemotherapy treatment is ... [... more]
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Amsidine (Amsacrine)
In most chemotherapy regimens, doses are administered in courses at various intervals to allow normal cells to recover from the toxicity of the anticancer drugs between doses. However, during this period, cancer ... [... more]
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Lymphoma
The treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma will depend on a number of things, most importantly the stage of the disease. Early stage Hodgkin lymphoma is treated with a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The ... [... more]
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Bone Marrow Transplant
If you have an illness or condition that affects your bone marrow (such as leukaemia), or requires treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy, your bone marrow may be damaged. This means that you may need a bone ... [... more]
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Chronic Leukaemia (Blood Cancer)
Chemotherapy is usually given in the form of tablets (usually a medicine called chlorambucil (Leukeran)). Other chemotherapy drugs such as fludarabine (Fludara) (may be used in late stage disease. General bone marrow ... [... more]
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Aclarubicin
In most chemotherapy regimens, doses are administered in courses at various intervals to allow normal cells to recover from the adverse effects of the anticancer medicines between doses. However, during this period, ... [... more]
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Cosmegen Lyovac (Dactinomycin)
In most chemotherapy regimens, doses are administered in courses at various intervals to allow normal cells to recover from the adverse effects of the anticancer medicines between doses. However, during this period, ... [... more]
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Dtic-Dome (Dacarbazine)
In most chemotherapy regimens, doses are administered in courses at various intervals to allow normal cells to recover from the adverse effects of the anticancer medicines between doses. However, during this period, ... [... more]
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Granocyte (Lenograstim)
Neutropenia can be caused by a number of factors, such as cancer chemotherapy and it often occurs in individuals who have recently had a bone marrow transplant or are suffering from AIDS. Lenograstim is commonly used ... [... more]
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Temozolomide (Temodal)
Chemotherapy medicines can decrease the number of blood cells in your blood. A low white blood cell count can increase your susceptibility to infections; a low red blood cell count causes anaemia and a low platelet ... [... more]
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Acute Leukaemia (Blood Cancer)
The normal bone marrow is sensitive to chemotherapy and the blood counts may drop, making the patient vulnerable to infection and bleeding. This generally means that the patient has to remain in hospital for weeks ... [... more]
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Vinblastine (Velbe)
In most chemotherapy regimens, doses are administered in courses at various intervals to allow normal cells to recover from the adverse effects of the anticancer medicines between doses. However, during this period, ... [... more]
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