Sentences with phrase «including cisplatin»

In the Cancer Cell article, the researchers describe how various anticancer drugs, including cisplatin and the targeted therapy vemurafenib, which targets melanomas with the BRAF mutation, become more effective when co-delivered with phenformin.

Not exact matches

The multicentre trial included 153 patients with surgically - treatable malignant pleural mesothelioma, who were first treated with three chemotherapy cycles of cisplatin and pemetrexed, followed by surgical removal of affected lung tissue, with the goal of complete removal of the cancerous areas of lung.

The study included 44 patients in the sunitinib group and 41 patients in the placebo group; all received a chemotherapy regimen of cisplatin or carboplatin and etoposide after enrollment but prior to randomization.

We included the following groups to our work: a) control, b) aerosol vector, c) aerosol vector plus cisplatin, d) aerosol cisplatin, e) intratumoral cisplatin administration, f) intratumoral vector plus cisplatin administration.

Adjunct chemotherapy regimens typically include the widely - used agent Cisplatin, which improves the effectiveness of the radiation, and helps kill cells that have left the primary radiation site.

The researchers are now testing new ways to decrease these side effects, including substituting paclitaxel (Taxol), which causes fewer side effects, for the highly toxic cisplatin.

These include anti-seizure drugs like gabapentin, chemotherapy drugs like docetaxel and cisplatin, and medications to treat Parkinson's Disease like Mirapex (pramipexole) and Requip (ropinirole).

Indications for cisplatin beads include tumors removed with «thin margins» such as:

Unfortunately, cisplatin can be deadly in cats, but by including a minuscule dose in the beads, veterinarians are now able to eliminate the former side - effects.