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Anthracyclines: Does Stage Matter? by PinkRibbons .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm to fight breast cancer. I met with some experts to discuss anthracyclines and the role they play in early and advanced stage breast cancer. Doctor, breast cancer is a very diverse... analyses. CATHY CONLEY: Dr. Muss, what's the role of anthracyclines in both the adjuvant and metastatic settings? HYMAN B. MUSS, MD: Well, anthracyclines in the adjuvant Read on »
Anthracycline Side Effects - Mode of Action by Angus Patient Expert Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:34am How the anthracyclines cause heart damage – the biochemistry of it all. This post will probably take a few days as I try to get my head around it and then explain... range of complementary medicine as harmful. But what exactly is a free radical? Why is it harmful - And why to the heart - And why should anthracyclines contribute to this? Free Read on »
Anthracycline Side Effects - Mode of Action by Angus Patient Expert Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:09pm How the anthracyclines cause heart damage – the biochemistry of it all. This post will probably take a few days as I try to get my head around it and then explain... range of complementary medicine as harmful. But what exactly is a free radical? Why is it harmful ? And why to the heart ? And why should anthracyclines contribute to this? Free Read on »
Will Targeted Therapies Work for CLL? by PinkRibbons .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm cancer therapies. I had a chance to sit down with some of the experts to discuss issues surrounding a popular class of drugs called anthracyclines. JOYCE O'SHAUGHNESSY, MD: It's pretty clear now that anthracycline-based therapy, called adjuvant chemotherapy, after the primary tumor has been removed, is where you're going to get your greatest survival Read on »
FDA Approves Halaven for Late-Stage Breast Cancer by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted Mon 15 Nov 2010 11:52pm to paclitaxel and anthracycline-containing chemotherapy; Ixempra (ixabepilone) for patients with late-stage disease after failure of an anthracycline, taxane and Xeloda; and Ixempra plus Xeloda for patients with late-stage disease after failure of anthracycline- and taxane-based chemotherapy. Read on »
Ixempra for ovarian cancer by Mark Levin Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:12pm with an anthracycline and a taxane, or whose cancer is taxane resistant and for whom further anthracycline therapy is contraindicated. Ixempra monotherapy is specifically indicated for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer in patients whose tumors are resistant or refractory to anthracyclines, taxanes, and capecitabine. Ixempra is not well Read on »
Protein Helps Predict Cancer Therapy-induced Heart Damage by Cancer.gov Posted Mon 09 Aug 2010 9:00pm the relationship between anthracycline -based chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and heart damage. Cardiotoxicity in patients receiving trastuzumab is more likely if they have had previous anthracycline treatment, and those patients treated with sequential anthracycline therapy and trastuzumab are less likely to recover cardiac function than patients not previously treated Read on »
I want to live longer than you ... by Angus Patient Expert Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:35am by the anthracycline group of drugs – in her case daunorubicin and doxorubicin. First, let’s look at the heart. Four chambers – the right atrium and ventricle, the left atrium and ventricle.... The blood then passes to the left atrium and then the left ventricle which then pumps it back into the blood system. The anthracyclines can effect the thickness of the wall Read on »
UKALL 2003 - Dexamethasone 1 by Angus Patient Expert Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:35am by the anthracyclines. I'll discuss now, and leave its other role until a later date (when I understand it!). Nausea and vomiting (known as emesis) are controlled in part of the brain known as ... the Vomiting Centre (not often that medical jargon is this straightforward!). The anthracyclines stimulate the production of a chemical called Serotonin (or more correctly 5-HT Read on »
UKALL 2003 - Daunorubicin and Doxorubicin by Angus Patient Expert Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:35am These drugs belong to a family of medications called anthracyclines which act directly on cell DNA and prevent the cell from replicating. Daunorubicin: this is administered...!). Another side-effect of the anthracyclines is hair-loss. In young adults, this can be a major psychological issue (Lucia discusses it in her blog – link on right). However, although Read on »