Off-label drugs reimbursement policies constrain physicians in their choice of cancer therapies : report to the Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate (SuDoc GA 1.13:PEMD-91-14) Price:
Healthcare Workers At Risk: Researchers at Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute Demonstrate Biological Uptake of Chemotherapy Drugs. Englewood, CO (PRWEB) November 20, 2003 In a study published in the current edition (dated Nov. 15, 2003) of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, clinicians from [...]
There is a wide variety of chemotherapy drugs used in cancer treatment and each comes with its own set of potential side effects. Find out how not everyone will experience side effects from cancer treatments, and how hardly anyone will experience all side effects, with information from adoctor in this free video on chemotherapy and [...]
From Placebo to Panacea: Putting Psychiatric Drugs to the Test FROM PLACEBO TO PANACEA With the latest generation of psychoactive drugs, has pharmacology at last triumphed over mental illness? A close look at world scientific literature would suggest otherwise. The sobering truth is that many claims about the efficacy of drug therapies for everything from [...]
Antimalarial Drugs: Costs, Safety and Efficacy (Tropical Diseases – Etiology, Pathogenesis and Treatments) Malaria is the leading parasitic infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality. Pregnant women and children under the age of five years, especially infants, are the most vulnerable. In SSA where 90 per cent of the [...]
Side effects of Taxel, or Taxol, chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer can include suppressed red and white blood cell counts, suppressed blood clotting ability, nerve damage in the hands and feet, muscle aches, and bone pain. Identify other side effects of Taxel chemotherapy cancer treatments, such as mouth sores and diarrhea, with help from adoctor [...]
The chemicals used in chemotherapy drugs are designed to influence or kill the ability of cancer cells to replicate. The goal is to find the chemotherapy drug that will kill the cancer without causing extremely harmful side effects. Find out more about chemotherapy drugs with information from adoctor in this free video on chemotherapy and [...]
PET imaging is often used after a first chemotherapy cancer treatment to show whether the treatment is working to reduce the spread of the cancer. Find out how PET imaging is one of the newest and most effective ways to identify whether cancer treatments are working with information from adoctor in this free video on [...]
Topical chemotherapy ointments, often used for skin cancer, will typically cause a deep sore or ulcer on the skin as the main side effect. Learn how doctors may use topical chemotherapy for a short period and then stop for a period of time to let the skin heal with information from adoctor in this free [...]
There is a variety of drugs used in conjunction with chemotherapy treatments that work to improve the results of the cancer treatments or decrease the side effects. Discuss vitamins, anti-estrogen pills, prednisone or anabolic steroids with a doctor to see if they will help with cancer treatments using advice from adoctor in this free video [...]