Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

Links to news articles on Breast Cancer Chemotherapy .

LIPOSOME RESEARCHERS SEEK TO STOP BIRD FLU BEFORE IT TAKES FLIGHT -- Mar 27, 2006
Researchers trying to modulate the side effects of the powerful breast cancer chemotherapy Adriamycin made a new variety of it called Doxil that is carried by ... Small Times

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Increases Heart Damage Risk -- Jan 5, 2006
NEW YORK JAN 05, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Chemotherapy, especially anthracycline-based therapy, for breast cancer in older women increases their risk of ... Cancerpage.com,

Researchers study breast cancer therapy -- Dec 15, 2005
...doxorubicin) and Cytoxan. The Adriamycin-Cytoxan combination is the current standard in breast cancer chemotherapy. The findings ... myDNA.com,

Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Found More Effective than Standard ... -- Dec 13, 2005
However, the same 5-year study determined that the sequence in which breast cancer chemotherapy drugs were administered to patients made little difference in ... DG News

Dose-dense Chemotherapy For Early Breast Cancer Found Safe ... -- Dec 7, 2005
...their ... > full story. In standard adjuvant therapy for breast cancer, chemotherapy is administered every 3 weeks. However, scientists ... Science Daily (press release)

Dose-dense chemotherapy for early breast cancer found safe ... -- Dec 6, 2005
Cancer Institute. In standard adjuvant therapy for breast cancer, chemotherapy is administered every 3 weeks. However, scientists ... EurekAlert (press release),

Breast Cancer Survivors Face Increased Cancer Risk -- Dec 9, 2005
Center report that low levels of two ovarian hormones, called inhibin A and B, predict which patients might become infertile after breast cancer chemotherapy. ... Forbes

Neulasta® and Aranesp® Prevent Adverse Effects of Dose-Dense ... -- Nov 28, 2005
Efficacy of Pegfilgrastim and Darbepoetin Alfa As Hemoatopoietic Support for Dose-Dense Every-2-Week Adjuvant Breast Cancer Chemotherapy. ... Cancer Consultants (press release),

FERTILITY AFTER BREAST CANCER: jtgoto,20.4;Looking ahead jtgoto ... -- Dec 7, 2005
But, Partridge says, "we have good reason to believe that people are not as fertile after breast cancer chemotherapy as they were before." Even if women resume ... Asbury Park Press,

SABCS: No Differences Found In Taxane Treatment Results -- Dec 9, 2005
9 - The survival results are the same no matter which of the two main taxanes is used for adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy or whether a drug is given weekly ... MedPage Today,

Open health doors, doctor MPs plead -- Nov 23, 2005
...also used her maiden speech to call for a more effective national breast cancer screening programme and better access to breast cancer chemotherapy treatments ... Stuff.co.nz,

Doctor MPs plug private care -- Nov 23, 2005
She also attacked the availability of drugs, saying access to more effective breast cancer chemotherapy treatments must be opened up. ... New Zealand Herald,

Full Chemotherapy Dose Benefits High-Weight Women -- Aug 31, 2005
...chemotherapy dose. Among women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, chemotherapy dose did not significantly affect survival. The ... Cancer Consultants (press release),

Reduced Drug Dose in Obese Women With Breast Cancer May Jeopardize ... -- Aug 23, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 23 - Physicians often prescribe suboptimum breast cancer chemotherapy doses in obese women due to concerns about excessive ... Medscape (subscription)

Little research exists to help women with low libidos -- Aug 16, 2005
And older women are more likely to suffer from diseases such as breast cancer. Chemotherapy to treat cancers can greatly impair sexual function, said Bartlik. ... News-Leader.com,

Sanofi-Aventis In Knee-Jerk Reaction -- Aug 22, 2005
Also notes Sanofi was boosted Friday by news that its breast cancer chemotherapy agent Taxotere performed well in tests against competitors, so today's drop ... New Ratings

Sanofi Shares Won't Move On Taxotere Study -- Aug 18, 2005
0622 GMT [Dow Jones] Sanofi Aventis (SNY) announced Friday its breast cancer chemotherapy agent Taxotere offered significant improvement over competitor ... New Ratings

More information on Breast Cancer Chemotherapy from the National Cancer Institute

Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with drugs that can destroy cancer cells. These drugs often are called "anticancer" drugs.

How Does Chemotherapy Work?

Normal cells grow and die in a controlled way. When cancer occurs, cells in the body that are not normal keep dividing and forming more cells without control. Anticancer drugs destroy cancer cells by stopping them from growing or multiplying. Healthy cells can also be harmed, especially those that divide quickly. Harm to healthy cells is what causes side effects. These cells usually repair themselves after chemotherapy.

Because some drugs work better together than alone, two or more drugs are often given at the same time. This is called combination chemotherapy.

Other types of drugs may be used to treat your cancer. These may include certain drugs that can block the effect of your body's hormones. Or doctors may use biological therapy, which is treatment with substances that boost the body's own immune system against cancer. Your body usually makes these substances in small amounts to fight cancer and other diseases. These substances can be made in the laboratory and given to patients to destroy cancer cells or change the way the body reacts to a tumor. They may also help the body repair or make new cells destroyed by chemotherapy.

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