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Showing 1 to 20 of 1334 for “"chemotherapy"”.
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Mathematical Models of Chemotherapy
… models are developed to describe the effects of chemotherapy on both cancerous and normal tissue. Each model is defined by either a single homogeneous equation or a system of heterogeneous equations which describe the states of the normal and/or cancer cells. Periodic terms are added to model the …
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Bacterial resistance to chemotherapy
The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented development in the therapy of infectious diseases and a significant change in the practice of medicine. The variety of antibiotic substances discovered and made freely available during this short space of time permitted the ready control of many …
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Endocrine Effects of Cancer Chemotherapy
… explores the pharmacological effects of cancer chemotherapy on endocrine organs, emphasizing both therapeutic advantages and adverse effects. It categorizes chemotherapeutic agents based on their mechanisms of action and their impact on endocrine function, highlighting both intended hormonal …
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Pharmacology of gastric cancer chemotherapy
Thesis is about pathology, etiology, pharmacotherapies and other therapies of gastric cancer
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Study of the chemotherapy of leukaemia
… decade, however, interest has been renewed in chemotherapy, and it seems likely that we are now on the threshold of a second era of chemotherapy. Since the Second World sudar a considerable amount of research in this subject has been carried out in the United Kingdom and the United States of …
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Conditioned food aversions in cancer chemotherapy
… research investigated the following: (a) Can chemotherapy patients acquire conditioned aversions to novel as well as familiar foods which are consumed prior to postchemotherapy nausea? (b) Does nausea facilitate aversions, and if so, what aspects of nausea are important? (c) Do aversions to …
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Reducing Wait Time of Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Administration to Inpatients by Increasing the Numbers of Chemotherapy Providers
… purpose of my CNL project is to decrease the chemotherapy administration wait-time for adult oncology patients by increasing the numbers of certified providers. Unfortunately as an oncology unit, about 44% of the providers are not active chemotherapy providers. As a CNL, we must constantly …
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Nonlinear simulation of tumor growth and chemotherapy
… necrotic and non-necrotic tumor growth and chemotherapy, where the tumor-healthy tissue interface is a moving deformable boundary. In the process, we improve upon existing techniques and develop new finite difference and ghost fluid / level set methods to attain full second-order accuracy …
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New advances in the chemotherapy of Glioblastoma multiforme
… diagnosis of about 14 months even after surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This review analyses the most recent therapy modalities as well as the ongoing clinical trials with new therapeutic options. Other aspects of the tumor are also discussed, including the pathology and epidemiology.
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Clinical resistance to platinum chemotherapy in ovarian cancer
… of crosslinking was 61.1% {\pm9.25} in 34 pre-chemotherapy patient samples following treatment with {100\mu}M cisplatin. In 14 post-chemotherapy patient samples it was 58.1% {\pm9.94}. The average percentage repair at 24 hours was 3.6% {\pm18.89} in prechemotherapy patients and 44.6% {\pm43.4} …
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An application of genetic algorithms to chemotherapy treatment.
… work investigates methods for optimising cancer chemotherapy within the bounds of clinical acceptability and making this optimisation easily accessible to oncologists. Clinical oncologists wish to be able to improve existing treatment regimens in a systematic, effective and reliable way. In order …
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NANOPARTICLE DEPOT FOR INTRAPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY OF OVARIAN CANCER
Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a promising post-surgical therapy of ovarian cancer, with the full potential yet to be proven. To facilitate IP chemotherapy of ovarian cancer, we have developed a nanoparticle depot for IP chemotherapy consisted of paclitaxel (PTX) nanocrystals (PNC) and …
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Drug delivery of paclitaxel for an intraperitoneal chemotherapy
… In recent years, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) after cytoreductive surgery has been introduced as an alternative treatment. An interesting drug for HIPEC is paclitaxel. However, the use of paclitaxel is hampered by its poor solubility and the currently used formulation …
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Effect of combinations of drugs on glioma chemotherapy
Recent developments in chemotherapy have improved the survival rates as well as the quality of life of patients with glioma. Combination chemotherapy regimens along with the use of two or more anticancer agents or with the use of various drug delivery systems have become a major component of …
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The Effect of Leucogenenol and Chemotherapy on Leukemia L1210
… in conjunction with known effective chemotherapy on mouse leukemia L1210. Procedure. L1210 infected animals in various treatment groups were monitored for changes in several parameters of the disease. Among these parameters were differential smears, hematocrits, total nucleated cell …
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Analysis of Neurocognitive Elements of Attention Following Chemotherapy Treatment
… each year (Altekruse et al., 2010). Adjuvant chemotherapy has become a staple of care to improve long-term outcomes for several types of breast cancers (de Boer, Taskila, Ojajärvi, van Dijk, & Verbeek, 2009). Because of advances in treatment, the overall 5-year survival rate for breast cancer …
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