Sentences with phrase «effect of chemotherapy drugs»

A potential danger of milk thistle is that it enhances the effect of chemotherapy drugs, which could lead to chemotherapy toxicity.

But as a result, the tumor is more vulnerable to the effects of chemotherapy drugs.

Not exact matches

Many laboratory tests were performed and chemotherapy — requiring intravenous punctures — was resumed, even though studies had shown that this type of cancer does not respond significantly, if at all, to drug treatment, and even though complications and side effects from the drugs were expected.

Another study from Nigeria published in December of 2017 is titled Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of virgin coconut oil supplementation abrogate acute chemotherapy oxidative nephrotoxicity induced by anticancer drug methotrexate in rats.

Not all chemotherapy drugs are equally effective for all people, and finding the best treatment for an individual is a painful process of trial and error that wastes time and exposes patients to toxic side effects.

For example, light - activated switches can fine - tune anti-cancer drugs, so they target only cancer cells and not healthy ones, thereby eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy.

Exploiting the same pre-clinical model used for their studies, the researchers are testing the efficacy of this kind of drug candidates against cancer stem cells, and the possibility of identifying combination regimens with standard chemotherapies with minimized toxic effects, with the perspective of their possible application for the treatment of human breast cancer.

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a non-invasive method of delivering drugs directly to cancerous tissue using magnetic forces, a form of treatment that could significantly reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy.

By controlling the timing of the interaction, researchers could pinpoint delivery of the drug to a precise location, thus preventing side common side effects of chemotherapy, such as hair loss or cardiac toxicity.

The trials for chemotherapy side effects — 4 of which were randomized controlled trials — found that medical cannabis was significantly better than anti-nausea drugs standard at the time of study for reducing nausea and vomiting.

«Identifying a cancer driver is crucial for cancer treatment because it allows the use of targeted therapies, which have less side - effects than conventional chemotherapy drugs, against a particular protein,» said Kurokawa.

This therapeutic effect was enhanced by combining the Angiopoietin - 2 antibody with a so - called metronomic chemotherapy: In this kind of therapy, chemotherapeutic drugs are given continuously at much lower dose as in the classical high - dose chemotherapy.

With the goal of minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues, a team of researchers at the Center for Self - assembly and Complexity, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed novel nanocontainers able to deliver anticancer drugs at precise timing and location.

Administration of chemotherapy when a patient's body is at high expression of drug transporters could improve the body's ability to fend off toxicity and side effects.

Research by the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute's Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side effects

Despite the tremendous progress in drug cancer chemotherapy, most of the drugs used today have a pronounced toxicity effect, killing normal cells along with cancer cells.

«These studies suggest the potential for dramatically reducing the dose of chemotherapy or radiation and thereby reducing the side effects of standard chemotherapy by enhancing the targeting of cancer therapies using HIV receptor blocking drugs.»

«Unlike standard chemotherapy, HIV - receptor blocking drugs have been proven to be safe and with rare side effects,» said Richard G. Pestell, MD, PhD, MBA, President of the Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center (PCARMRC).

Since stem cells are also critical for regeneration in the intestine, therapies that target these pathways may further help to design new drugs that reduce side effects associated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other causes of intestinal damage.

The side effects of immunotherapy are usually quite different from those of traditional cancer drugs used in therapies such as chemotherapy.

The effects of paclitaxel, a chemotherapy drug, can be seen on the cellular structures of the skin of a larval zebrafish tail fin.

The main drawback of the anticancer chemotherapy consists in the lack of drug selectivity causing severe side effects.

By learning as much as possible about those unique changes, and developing specific drugs and therapies to target them, we at City of Hope believe many cancers can be defeated at the molecular level, often with fewer side effects compared to traditional chemotherapy and other treatments.

Xeloda (capecitabine) is just one of several chemotherapy drugs that can cause a side effect known as hand - foot syndrome, in which the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet redden and itch.

Many of the side effects and health hazards of Avastin have also been reported for other chemotherapy drugs.

Another study from Nigeria published in December of 2017 is titled Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of virgin coconut oil supplementation abrogate acute chemotherapy oxidative nephrotoxicity induced by anticancer drug methotrexate in rats.

A very recent study on the effects of fasting and calorie restriction on cancer patients receiving chemotherapy found that calorie restriction and fasting seem to trigger a protective cellular mechanism so strong, that it would be difficult to achieve such an effect with potent drug intervention.

One study looked at the effect of virgin coconut oil when supplemented in a diet high in consumption of heated vegetable oils, and how virgin coconut oil protected the liver and kidneys, and the other study looked at how virgin coconut oil can reverse the free radical damage done by cancer chemotherapy drugs.

This lecture will discuss the principles of administering cancer chemotherapy, including appropriate drug selection, dosing, and management of treatment - related side effects.

A review of the management of chemotherapy side effects and unique toxicity associated with commonly used chemotherapy drugs.

Potential adverse side effects: Bone - marrow suppression leading to reduced numbers of white blood cells and a risk of infection, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; severe chemical burns if chemotherapy drugs leak from the vein into surrounding tissues.

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