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Small cell lung cancer (S ...
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Mark Levin
Posted
Tue 19 Jul 2011 10:11am
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is different and distinct from other lung cancers, called non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), because SCLC exhibits aggressive behavior... reports a phase II trial in patients with previously-treated small cell carcinoma of the lung. 34 patients received 100 mg/m2 of docetaxel in an intravenous infusion given over 1 h
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Single agent Taxol for relapsed small cell lung cancer
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Mark Levin
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Fri 28 May 2010 4:10pm
Small cell lung cancer that progresses after first line chemotherapy has a poor prognosis. A variety of treatments are available, among them single agent Taxol.The... small cell lung cancer.Anticancer Res. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1B):777-81.
Graziano SL, Herndon JE 2nd, Socinski MA, Wang X, Watson D, Vokes E, Green MR; Cancer and Leukemia Group
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Etoposide and carboplatin for small cell lung cancer
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Mark Levin
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Thu 09 Feb 2012 2:54am
Standard treatment for patients with extensive SCLC include VePesid® (etoposide) plus Platinol, VePesid plus Paraplatin or Camptosar® (irinotecan) plus Platinol. Etoposide and carboplatin is standard chemotherapy, which is supported by the NCCN guideline. VePesid (etoposide) Capsules in combination with other approved chemotherapeutic agents ...
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Amrubicin for small cell lung cancer
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Mark Levin
Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 7:01pm
product designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of small cell lung cancer after first-line chemotherapy.
Amrubicin is being studied in clicnal...
Amrubicin, previously known as SM-5887, is an anthracycline used in the treatment of lung cancer. It is marketed in Japan since 2002 by Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals under
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New therapeutic approaches for small cell lung cancer
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Mark Pool, MD
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Sun 13 Dec 2009 12:00am
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Hurwitz J, McCoy F, Scullin P, Fennell D. New advances in the second-line treatment of small cell lung cancer. Oncologist. 2009;14(10):986-994.
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I am currently working on a project with our lung cancer research group at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in which we are looking at expression
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Gemcitaibne for non-small cell lung cancer in second line
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Mark Levin
Posted
Fri 08 Apr 2011 1:59pm
on the role of gemcitabine: Use of Gemcitabine in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Practice Guideline Report # 7-8 (Version 2.2002) by Ellis P, Mackay JA, Evans WK, and the Lung Cancer... cell lung cancer,
Use of Gemcitabine in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Practice Guideline Report # 7-8 (Version 2.2002) by Ellis P, Mackay JA, Evans WK, and the Lung Cancer Disease
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Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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LungHealth ..
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Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm
. AZZOLI, MD: The most common form of lung cancer is called non-small cell lung cancer. About 15 percent of lung cancer is small cell lung cancer.
ANNOUNCER: Lung cancers don't tend to stay put. They often tend to spread, and how they do so is the basis of a system of staging.
CHRISTOPHER G. AZZOLI, MD: Non-small cell lung cancer starts in the lung
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Abraxane caroplatin for non-small cell lung cancer
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Mark Levin
Posted
Sun 27 Feb 2011 1:57pm
al. Phase I/II study of ABI-007 as first line chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2006;24:Abstract # 7105.
Green MR, Manikhas GM, Orlov S, et al. Abraxane, a novel Cremophor-free, albumin-bound particle form of paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2006;17:1263-1268.
Hawkins MJ
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