Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier Nov 21, 2008
A Dedicated Resource To cancer chemotherapy side effects. Protect Against Infection When Starting Chemo. (Yahoo News)
Veggie Compound May Boost Chemo Effectiveness Oct 30, 2008
A compound found in many common vegetables such as celery and parsley may enhance the effectiveness of cancer chemotherapy, according to a new study by the University of California Riverside. The compound, a bioflavonoid called apigenin, restores the ability of a cell to self-destruct, which is key to current standard treatments. (Newsmax)
Broader Financial Turmoil Threatens Biotech's Innovation and Cash Oct 29, 2008
Despite having about $200 million on hand, Maxygen last week suspended work on its lead drug aimed at protecting cancer chemotherapy patients from infections rather than commit $100 million or so to move the drug through clinical trials. The company, based in Redwood City, Calif. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
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Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy Oct 17, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008. Besides hair loss and nausea, side effects include fatigue, vomiting, mouth sores and pain. (U.S. News & World Report)
Prozac on the Playground Oct 16, 2008
Even better would be the kind of organized, thought-out multicenter testing that is applied to drugs used for cancer chemotherapy in children. Alas, that kind of evaluation for mental-health drugs seems very far away, indeed. (Slate)
NORTH COUNTY: Workers at Tri-City, Palomar exposed to tuberculosis patient Oct 7, 2008
People who have been infected with TB may not have a positive skin test if their immune function is compromised by chronic medical conditions, cancer chemotherapy, or AIDS. Additionally, 10%-25% of people with newly diagnosed tuberculosis of the lungs will also have a negative result, possibly due to poor immune function, poor nutrition, accompanying viral infection, or steroid therapy. Over 50% of patients with widespread, disseminated TB (spread throughout the body, known as miliary TB) will... (North County Times)
The New Superbugs Sep 24, 2008
Other medical experts have also been repeatedly cautioning people that antibiotic resistance is growing so enormously that it may become very difficult to carry out major surgeries, organ transplantation and cancer chemotherapy in the near future. They argue that if necessary steps to deal with this problem are not taken by national governments, World Health Organisation and other international stakeholders, we could return to another pre-antibiotic era. (India Times, India)
Heart Failure Society Of America 12th Annual Scientific Meeting to Focus on Optimal Treatment, Innovative New Approaches, New Insights Into Mechanisms and Social Issues Sep 22, 2008
-- Hope in the Hopeless Situation: Palliative Care -- Nitric Oxide as a unique signaling molecule in physiology -- Guideline updates on management of heart failure patients receiving cancer chemotherapy -- Update on the genetic evaluation of heart failure Late Breaking Clinical Trials to be presented that address issues relating to heart failure include: -- SADHART Trial: Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline for Depression in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure -- PARTNERS HF: Multi-Site Program to... (PR Newswire)
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World Faces Global Pandemic Of Antibiotic Resistance, Experts Warn Sep 19, 2008
18, 2008) Vital components of modern medicine such as major surgery, organ transplantation, and cancer chemotherapy will be threatened if antibiotic resistance is not tackled urgently, warn experts on bmj. com. (Science Daily)
Chemo Nausea Patch Approved Sep 16, 2008
5-Day Sancuso Patch Fights Nausea From Cancer Chemotherapy By WebMD Health News Reviewed by. Sept. 15, 2008 -- The FDA has approved Sancuso, a five-day patch that fights from chemotherapy. (WebMD)
Chemobrain Treatment? Potential Remedy For The 'Mental Fog' In Cancer Patients Sep 8, 2008
Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce. See also. (Science Daily)
Watson Launches Generic MARINOL(R) Capsules Jun 30, 2008
Dronabinol is the generic version of Solvay Pharmaceuticals' MARINOL(R) (dronabinol) CIII Capsules, indicated to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional antiemetic treatments. Dronabinol is also indicated to treat anorexia associated with weight loss in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). (PR Newswire)
UT Southwestern researchers create molecule that nudges nerve stem cells to mature Jun 16, 2008
"This provides a critical starting point for neuro-regenerative medicine and brain cancer chemotherapy," said Dr. Jenny Hsieh, assistant professor of molecular biology and senior author of the paper, which appears online today and in the June 17 issue of Nature Chemical Biology. The creation of the molecule allowed the researchers to uncover some of the biochemical steps that happen as nerve cells mature. (EurekAlert!)
RESOURCES: 'JAMA' explains what you should ask your doctor Jun 11, 2008
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Vaccine lab shut own; workers see conspiracy May 16, 2008
Following a meeting held on February 6, the BCG lab, which manufactures freeze dried BCG vaccines and therapeutic vaccines for cancer chemotherapy, suspended production. As a result the BCG lab now has an inventory of 96 batches of vaccines, each containing 30,000 vials, in the cold storage room that cannot be used. (Newindpress)
Study says fasting may reduce chemo side-effects Apr 2, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A few days of fasting might help protect patients from some of the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of cancer chemotherapy, researchers reported on Tuesday. They said mice given a high dose of chemotherapy after fasting thrived while half of a group of well-fed mice died, they reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Reuters)
Congress scrutinizes drug ads Apr 1, 2008
The drugs are used to stimulate production of infection-fighting white blood cells for patients who are weakened after taking cancer chemotherapy ... Aranesp stimulates production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells for patients on cancer chemotherapy. (Boston Globe)
Losing weight is the lesson plan for Ind. school staff Mar 31, 2008
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Gene Expression Differences Affect Drug Response Mar 1, 2008
"Our primary interest is the genes that regulate how people respond to medicines, such as cancer chemotherapy," senior study author Eileen Dolan, a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, said in a prepared statement. "We want to understand why different populations experience different degrees of toxicity when taking certain drugs and learn how to predict who might be most at risk for drug side effects.". (MEDLINEplus)
Amgen's Anemia Drugs Ailing Feb 28, 2008
There is a $10 billion market for drugs to treat the anemia that occurs after kidney dialysis and cancer chemotherapy. In late-afternoon trading shares of Amgen were down 2. (Forbes -- Markets)
What are simple ways to judge the efficacy of 5-fluorouracil in colonic neoplasm? Feb 23, 2008
The critical role of TS in nucleotide metabolism has made it an important target for cancer chemotherapy. Intratumoral TS protein expression before the chemoradiation treatment has been observed to inversely correlate with the response to 5-FU chemotherapy. (EurekAlert!)
Protein Class Displays Strong Anticancer Action Jan 27, 2008
A major hang-up in cancer chemotherapy is the toxicity caused by DNA disruption of cell division throughout the body. Our research suggests that drugs like cisplatin and novobiocin kill cells as much from this newly discovered mechanism as any other mechanism of cell death, says Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., a professor of neuroscience at Hopkins. (Science Daily)
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Modeling Simulation Predicts Potential Negative Impact on U.S. Blood Supply if ESA Use Limited for Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia Dec 11, 2007
"Given the small margin between usable blood and transfusion demand, understanding the impact of limiting ESA use in cancer chemotherapy patients is essential. Over the last 18 years, a large body of scientific data has demonstrated the ability of ESAs to help patients avoid blood transfusions." Background Between 1987 and 1997, the demand for allogeneic blood [whole blood and packed red blood count (RBC)] in the U.S. decreased due to safety concerns. In the same period, the blood supply also... (PR Newswire)
Amgen Treatment Cuts Risk of Severe Bleeding in Rare Disease, Study Shows Dec 9, 2007
It is also testing the medicine against two other diseases, myelodyslplastic syndrome, and a shortage of platelets caused by taking cancer chemotherapy, Nichol said. To contact the reporter on this story: Luke Timmerman in San Francisco at. (Bloomberg -- US)
FDA Approves MIRCERA(R): First Renal Anemia Treatment with Monthly Maintenance Dosing Nov 15, 2007
MIRCERA is not indicated for the treatment of anemia due to cancer chemotherapy. MIRCERA is contraindicated in patients with uncontrolled hypertension and in patients with a history of hypersensitivity or allergy to MIRCERA. Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA) and severe anemia have been associated with the development of neutralizing antibodies to erythropoietin in patients treated with ESAs. (PR Newswire)
Smaller Heart Pump Works Well in Women Nov 7, 2007
The women generally had a weakened heart from cancer chemotherapy, a viral infection, pregnancy or unknown cause. Among 194 patients with six-month follow-up data, survival was virtually identical for men and women. (MEDLINEplus)
New Heart Pump Helps Women Awaiting Transplants Nov 5, 2007
The women may have suffered a weakened heart because of pregnancy, cancer chemotherapy, a viral infection or some other unknown cause, the researchers said. Several study participants regained enough pumping power in the heart to have the device removed and no longer needed a transplant. (Health-Finder)
Smaller heart pump bridges time to transplant for more women Nov 5, 2007
The women tended to have suffered a weakened heart because of pregnancy, cancer chemotherapy, a viral infection, or unknown cause of heart failure. Some study participants six at the Texas Heart Institute alone recovered sufficient pumping power to have the device removed and did not require a transplant operation. (EurekAlert!)
Mechanism Of Action Of EGFR Inhibitors in Cancer Chemotherapy Nov 2, 2007
2, 2007) Three papers published this month in the open access general medical journal PLoS Medicine investigate how tumors respond to a an important class of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy, known as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors. See also. (Science Daily)
Amgen's Next Opponents Oct 26, 2007
Amgen just beat back an attempt by Swiss drug giant Roche to invade its turf: the $10 billion U.S. market for drugs to treat the anemia that occurs after kidney dialysis or treatment with cancer chemotherapy. But even as Amgen (nasdaq: - - ) defends its anemia franchise against threats on all sides--including cuts in what insurers and the government will pay for--investors will ask whether it can conquer a new disease: osteoporosis, the chronic bone weakening that afflicts 10 million Americans,... (Forbes -- Business)
Surviving Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy & Bone Loss Oct 20, 2007
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How A Benign Fungus Can Become Life-Threatening Oct 9, 2007
C. albicans can cause serious and potentially life-threatening infections in the mouth, blood and other tissues of people who are undergoing cancer chemotherapy or radiation treatments, or who have developed AIDS or other diseases that damage the immunity of the individual. In two separate papers recently published in Developmental Cell and the EMBO journal, the team of scientists led by Wang Yue, principal investigator at IMCB, have managed to reveal previously unknown mechanisms which are... (Science Daily)
How Candida albicans transforms from its normally benign form into life-threatening form Oct 5, 2007
C. albicans can cause serious and potentially life-threatening infections in the mouth, blood and other tissues of people who are undergoing cancer chemotherapy or radiation treatments, or who have developed AIDS or other diseases that damage the immunity of the individual. In two separate papers published last month in Developmental Cell and in August in the EMBO journal, the team of scientists led by Wang Yue, principal investigator at IMCB, have managed to reveal previously unknown mechanisms... (EurekAlert!)
Call to ban herbalists' cocktails Oct 4, 2007
In the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee and the relief of cancer chemotherapy side-effects, the herbal mixtures did not work at all. In irritable bowel syndrome, they were better than nothing, but the patients who did best were those on a standardised herbal medicine, not on an individualised cocktail. (Guardian Unlimited)
Woman who died after gene therapy had infection Aug 18, 2007
But in people whose immune systems are compromised because of AIDS or cancer chemotherapy, for example the fungal cells can spread to other organs and blossom quickly into fatal infections. It was in her liver. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Death by medicine Aug 18, 2007
"Most of the trials were done in males aged in their 60s. But 90 per cent of admissions for heart failure are for people aged over 75, the majority women. To me this is as sensible as breast cancer chemotherapy trials being carried out in men.". Australia's specialists too often treat the disease not the person, and while GPs often feel powerless, they are also regarded as "independent professionals" with no official requirement to monitor their patients. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Chemotherapy Before Surgery Appears Better Than Surgery Alone Jul 18, 2007
Combining pre-operative chemotherapy and surgery increases the average chance of survival for non-small cell lung cancer patients at five years by approximately 6% compared with surgery alone. This conclusion was drawn by a team of Cochrane Researchers from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London after they identified 12 eligible randomised controlled trials. (Science Daily)
New Medicines For Dogs And Cats May End Up Helping Humans Jun 28, 2007
Petkewich cites, for instance, the first diet drugs for dogs; the first approved drug for vomiting in dogs, including vomiting due to motion sickness or cancer chemotherapy; and a new medication for the barking and other undesirable behavior of separation anxiety, which can occur when dogs are left home alone. Just as drug companies are shifting some human health focus to geriatric medications, their animal health divisions are working on products to treat cancer, heart disease and other... (Science Daily)
Scariest Hospital Risks Jun 19, 2007
Truth is, for all the life-saving miracles unfolding each day at modern hospitals--from cancer chemotherapy to heart bypass surgery--they are also filled with danger. "It's human frailty," says Carol Haraden, a vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which several years ago started an effort to reduce the toll from medical mistakes. (Forbes)
Report touts new drug to fight osteoporosis May 4, 2007
The drug is sold by drug maker Novartis in the U.S. under the brand name Zometa to treat Paget's disease a genetic disorder in which bone becomes soft and breaks down readily and the prevention of bone loss in cancer chemotherapy. The company is applying to the Food and Drug Administration to sell it under the name Reclast for treating osteoporosis. (Seattle Times)
Simpler treatment found to reduce postmenopausal fracture May 3, 2007
The drug already is sold by drug maker Novartis in the United States under the brand name Zometa for the treatment of Paget's disease -- a genetic disorder in which bone becomes soft and breaks down readily -- and the prevention of bone loss in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. The company is applying to the Food and Drug Administration to sell it under the name Reclast for treatment of osteoporosis. (Boston Globe)
Plans for anemia drug run into roadblocks Apr 9, 2007
Erythropoietin products are used to boost red blood cell counts in patients with kidney failure or who are undergoing cancer chemotherapy. The first drug in the class was Epogen, the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster product. (Boston Globe)
Improving Blood Platelet Life Span Could Help Blood Banks And Patients Mar 27, 2007
Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia have made a discovery with potentially profound implications for the care of patients, especially those undergoing cancer chemotherapy ... An undesirable side effect of cancer chemotherapy is extensive bruising and potentially life-threatening bleeding. (Science Daily)
Discovery could increase shelf life of blood Mar 23, 2007
"Probably the major class of patients having platelet transfusions are patients having cancer chemotherapy, which tends to damage the body's own ability to produce platelets," he said. "So those people are often requiring platelet transfusions, particularly during their chemotherapy cycles.". (ABC Regional Online)
U.S. drug agency tightens rules on conflicts of interest Mar 22, 2007
The drugs are mainly used to treat anemia caused by kidney failure or cancer chemotherapy and have combined worldwide sales of roughly $10 billion a year. A panel is scheduled to meet May 10 to discuss the safety of the drugs. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* New kind of scientists required now Mar 5, 2007
Such systems have the potential to deliver new kinds of drugs in complex regimens which might be useful for cancer chemotherapy, for example. They could also provide new means of localized drug delivery that might be useful in several areas, including delivery of multiple drugs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Birthday boy shuns gifts, gathers food for friends in need Feb 7, 2007
Cynthia Billmeyer was laid up for six weeks after surgery Dec. 15, while Kurt Billmeyer started cancer chemotherapy Dec. 21. So Caleb asked his buddies to bring groceries rather than gifts to his football/tailgate birthday party Dec. 30. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
BDSI given OK to start human testing on drug delivery technology Feb 4, 2007
The first Bioral product to be tested is an oral version of Amphotericin B, an antifungicidal agent for treating infections such as esophageal candidiasis, an infection prevalent in HIV patients and many patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. Mark Sirgo, CEO of BDSI (Nasdaq: BDSI), said the human trials will begin in 2007 but the 15-employee company has yet to set an exact date. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Darcy Behrendt named chief nurse at Mo. Valley hospital Jan 12, 2007
Mrs. Behrendt is certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Trauma Nurse Core Course, and Cancer Chemotherapy. She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and Alegent Health Domestic Violence Leadership Corp. Mrs. Behrendt is a Dunlap native and resides there with her husband Nick and their four children Kara, Colton, David and Nicole. (Dunlap Reporter, IA)
