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    two options are the most common. Radiation therapy is the exposure to X-rays and is used more commonly for Stage 1 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The exposed X-rays are concentrated on lymphoma cells‚ killing them. Chemotherapy is treatment with toxic drugs or chemicals to kill the lymphoma cells. Chemotherapy is usually used in accordance to radiation therapy‚ not always killing the lymphoma cells; however‚ destroying them and making them weak so the radiation X-rays can completely kill the cells. The effectiveness

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    recreational use but is beginning to rise in the medical field and should be legalized for its many purposes. Legalizing marijuana will not only help those with arthritis but it could help those with insomnia and help fight off the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy. Although people think that smoking marijuana also has many side effects regardless of whether it’s medical or not‚ it is in many ways better for the body than those side effects of taking medication. Medical marijuana can instantly relieve stress

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    Docetaxel Case Study

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    receiving triplet chemotherapy (NDLS + Platinum derivative/5FU /Gemcitabine/Capecitabine) required GCSF support only after the evidence of neutropenia by lab testing‚ during the follow up period after each cycle. On average 2-3 doses of 300 µg Neukine was sufficient to maintain the counts at acceptable range. • In one patient on doublet chemotherapy (Doceaqualip + Carboplatin) for non-small cell lung cancer‚ febrile neutropenia was encountered after the 3rd cycle chemotherapy. This patient recovered

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    Drugs to treat cancer

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    anaphase‚ telophase (and cytokinesis); 5th phase of cell cycle Generation time – time needed to complete the cell cycle; varies w/ each type of cell; tumors w/ short generation time/rapid mitotic rate are most sensitive to antineoplastic agents/chemotherapy agents Growth Fraction – fraction of tumor’s cell population that is in any active phase of the cell cycle Nadir – period during which the maximum cytotoxic effect of the drug is exerted on the bone marrow‚ causing the lowest blood cell count;

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    Neuroblastoma “We all know the facts‚ but they are still worth repeating. It’s our children’s lives these numbers are coldly talking about: Every 16 hours a child with Neuroblastoma dies. There is no known cure for relapsed Neuroblastoma. Nearly 70% of those children first diagnosed with Neuroblastoma have disease that has already metastasized or spread to other parts of the body. When disease has spread at diagnosis and a child is over the age of 2‚ there is less than a 30% chance of survival

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    Help treat Cancer patients? The topic that I am writing about is whether or not chemotherapy cures cancer.I believe that it does. I believe that it does‚ because of all the ways chemo helps cancer patients also‚ because of the survival rates. Some disagree‚ because sometimes the survival rates drop. Now here is why I believe chemo cures cancer. According to the American Cancer Society "Chemotherapy may be used to: keep cancer from spreading‚ sow cancer growth‚ kill cancer cells‚ relieve

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    marrow‚ which is responsible to deliver rise to red blood cells that convey oxygen through the body and white blood cells that match infection. Leukemia results when leukocytes starts to develop and function strangely‚ becoming cancerous. When chemotherapy‚ radiation‚ or both together can’t eradicate leukemia (3)‚ all of which was used mostly by the ablative and reduced intensity treatment in the past‚ doctors turned to the use of stem cell transplants. The intention of selecting such a disease is

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    stated she failed oral antiemetics‚ but did not specify that Zofran and Kytril were tried. Sancuso is an effective anti-emetic and is FDA-approved for the prevention of nausea and vomiting in patients receiving moderately and/or highly emetogenic chemotherapy for up to 5 consecutive days1‚2. However‚ the member’s Plan specifically states that she must try and fail Zofran and Kytril (ganisetron) before Sancuso is authorized as medically necessary. Her treating physician’s appeal did not state this was

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    and some light things like that‚ I think maybe I would have a sandwich every once in a while until Tuesday and thereafter‚ I would kind of resume my regular diet. Unfortunately‚ I didn’t lose any weight; I actually gained weight while I was on chemotherapy. So after eating all that fruit‚ I deserved some kind of treat and my treat was probably some fattening chocolate cake‚ or something‚ so I did gain

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    from advances in fertility methods‚ awareness of how to take care of the human body‚ and the desire for a longer life span.  These and other factors are the catalysts for improvements in the field of medicine.  We have developed treatments such as chemotherapy for cancer which actually administers radiation to a patient which is a godsend for those living with the disease.  We have also developed several types of “anti-aging” treatments (i.e.‚ Botox and laser facelifts) which have become as common as

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