DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Reduced dose chemotherapy
Cancer
Cancer /ˈkænsər/ is a large, heterogeneous class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion that intrudes upon and destroys adjacent tissues, and often metastasizes, wherein the tumor cells spread to other locations in the body via the lymphatic system or through the bloodstream. These three malignant properties of cancer differentiate malignant tumors from benign tumors, which do not grow uncontrollably, directly invade locally, or metastasize to regional lymph nodes or distant body sites like brain, bone, liver, or other organs...
Reduced dose chemotherapy - List of case studies
- IgG Multiple Myeloma
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were negative. Treatment was initiated with high dose dexacort and radiotherapy to the vertebral lesions . After 4 courses ... are two types of allogeneic HSCT – myeloablative and reduced intensity. Since the patient has already had an autologous HSCT , ...
- Adeno Carcinoma of Lung
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could be administered along with radiosensitization by reduced dose chemotherapy (either cisplatinum or paclitaxel ). 4) In ...
- Ovarian Cancer with Metastases
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more than 50% at the follow-up visit on: “reduced (<50%) mediastinal, paraaortic, hepatic hilus and celiac lymph ... cycles of Cae-Oxali) as scheduled, although reducing the dose due to toxicity. ...