mitoxantrone

mitoxantrone information and resources from the National Cancer Institute

Novantrone

For use in combination with corticosteroids as initial chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with pain related to advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Immunex Corporation Nov 13 1996

Novantrone

For use with other approved drugs in the initial therapy for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) in adults.

Lederle Laboratories Dec 23 1987



news articles



Tysabri poised for return to market 01 Apr 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review AG's Betaferon/Betaseron (interferon beta- 1b), Teva Neuroscience's Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), Serono SA's Novantrone (mitoxantrone hydrochloride) and ...

Arsenic Trioxide Effective as Single Agent in Newly Diagnosed APL Mar 31, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), Standard initial treatment for APL consists of chemotherapy, including an anthracycline (doxorubicin, epirubicin, mitoxantrone, idarubicin) and the agent all ...

Wonder drugs don’t exist for MS; stick with proven options Mar 26, 2006
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron), interferon beta-1a (Avonex, Rebif), glatiramer (Copaxone), and mitoxantrone (Novantrone) are only partially effective in the ...

New studies highlight the benefit of anti-MS drug Mar 2, 2006
Ars Technica, Interferon-beta, a cytokine, has been used for some years as a therapy, along with other drugs such as glatiramer acetate and mitoxantrone. ...

Two-Day Tysabri Hearing Drawing Intense Attention Mar 3, 2006
BioWorld Online (subscription), 1a, from Serono SA). An immunosuppressant, Novantrone (mitoxantrone, also from Serono), is used as well. Jeffrey expressed concern ...

Taxol® and Paraplatin® Superior to Novantrone® for Hormone ... Mar 10, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), Researchers from France have reported that the combination of Taxol (paclitaxel) and Paraplatin (carboplatin) is superior to Novantrone (mitoxantrone) for the ...

Taxol® and Paraplatin® Superior to Novantrone® for Hormone ... Mar 10, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), Randomized phase II study comparing paclitaxel and carboplatin versus mitoxantrone in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Urology. ...

Health Scan: Researchers outsmart drug-resistant tumors Dec 17, 2005
Jerusalem Post, It "cleans" the cancer cells of chemotherapy drugs such as mitoxantrone and collects them in these vesicles, which enlarge and inflate until the drug ...

New Treatment Regimen May Improve Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Presented ... Dec 14, 2005
DG News ...with an attached radioactive substance (yttrium), along with standard chemotherapy for MCL including fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and mitoxantrone (FCM). ...

Serono Announces Formal Conclusion of Serostim Settlement Dec 15, 2005
PharmaLive.com (press release), The company's US products are Rebif(R) (interferon beta-1a), Novantrone(R) (mitoxantrone for injection concentrate), Gonal-f(R) (follitropin alfa for injection ...

ASH: Oral Targeted Agent Boosts Remissions in Poor-Prognosis AML Dec 14, 2005
MedPage Today, Patients whose remissions lasted one to six months received the MEC regimen (consisting of mitoxantrone, etoposide, and cytarabine), while those whose ...

DPPE Added to Chemo Relieves Pain in Advanced Prostate Cancer Dec 2, 2005
Cancerpage.com, DEC 02, 2005 (Reuters Health) - Treatment of hormone-refractory, metastatic prostate cancer with DPPE, or tesmilifene, added to mitoxantrone plus prednisone ...

Cancer Drug Resistance Explained 12/12/05 Dec 12, 2005
Genomics & Proteomics (subscription), It ‘cleans’ the cancer cells of chemotherapy drugs such as mitoxantrone and collects them in these vesicles, which enlarge and inflate until the drug ...

Scientific Research Proves Xanthones Kill Cancer Cells and May ... Nov 25, 2005
PR Web (press release), Xanthones found in the Mangosteen fruit), was tested against six chemotherapy agents (5 Flouraicil, cisplatin, vincristine, methotrexate, mitoxantrone and Taxol ...


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