Sentences with phrase «of chemotherapy during»

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If the chemotherapy treatment can not wait until after the pregnancy is completed or if termination of the pregnancy is not an option, a woman can receive chemotherapy during pregnancy.

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And, if your treatment plan includes chemotherapy, you will need to discontinue breastfeeding during the course of treatment and for some time thereafter.

Additionally, due to other medical issues or poor performance status (a measure that considers a patient's quality of life and ability to function during treatment), some stage III NSCLC patients are unable to receive the standard treatment of concurrent chemotherapy and RT..

I had lost my hair during chemotherapy and felt that I didn't want another visible reminder of my cancer.

Then he turned his attention to a synthetic analogue of bradykinin, called RMP - 7, that allowed 10 times more chemotherapy to be delivered to the tumor during the 20 - minute window that the blood - brain barrier was open.

«Interruption of biological rhythms during chemotherapy worsen its side effects.»

They find that the cells can remain dormant during chemotherapy that kills off most of the cancer and can give rise to new tumors once the drug treatment stops.

In the new study, patients with a higher quality of life during their final days included those who avoided hospitalizations and stays in the intensive care unit (ICU), were not worried about death, prayed or meditated, received care at home, did not use a feeding tube, were visited by a pastor in the hospital or clinic, did not undergo chemotherapy in the final week of life, and felt an alliance with their oncologist regarding therapy.

During the cycles of etoposide, many of the men experienced the usual side effects of chemotherapy, including nausea, fatigue, hair loss, swelling and low blood counts.

Percentage of total body fat and lean muscle mass was measured directly, using the gold standard of dual - energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at time of diagnosis, one month later, and later during chemotherapy treatment.

Kathi Apostolidis, Vice President of The European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) one of the partners on the eSMART project, said: «In many European countries, patients undergoing chemotherapy, experience great difficulties in coping with the adverse events and the anxiety during their therapy and between treatments.

Our system will give patients continual support both during and after chemotherapy, while allowing them to remain in the comfort of their own homes.

Investigators analyzed the pathways of seven breast cancer patients who had received primary chemotherapy during which they experienced pre-operative line - related thrombosis requiring anticoagulant therapy.

Three of the patients did not complete chemotherapy — one died after consent but prior to chemotherapy; one died during chemotherapy because of an arterial occlusion; and one had a myocardial infarction prior to completion of the four courses of chemotherapy.

He hopes the cancer - targeting nanorobots will steer clear of other rapidly dividing cells, such as those in the gut and at hair follicles, which often suffer collateral damage during chemotherapy.

Each of the patients underwent tumor biopsies before, during, and after a 20 - week regimen of chemotherapy.

«Immune checkpoint therapy has joined the ranks of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as a pillar of cancer treatment,» proclaimed Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., a former CRI clinical grantee at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, during her opening plenary session talk at AACR18.

Retrospective case reports suggest that adults may benefit from consolidation with allogeneic HSCT during their first CR following chemotherapy with one study observing a median overall survival of 38.5 months [5].

Administration of chemotherapy to patients hospitalized with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was associated with lower odds of death during hospitalization, according to the results of a study published in Cancer Epidemiology.

CTLA - 4 blockade expands infiltrating T cells and inhibits cancer cell repopulation during the intervals of chemotherapy in murine mesothelioma.

DLBCL patients who received in - hospital chemotherapy had a lower risk of death during hospitalization.

Major CFS symptom relief during cancer chemotherapy in a patient with synchronous CFS and lymphoma spurred a pilot study of B - lymphocyte depletion using the anti-CD20 antibody Rituximab, which demonstrated significant clinical response in three CFS patients.

Measuring the concentration of leukemia cells in patient bone marrow during the first 46 days of chemotherapy should help boost survival of young leukemia patients by better matching patients with the right intensity of chemotherapy.

Instead of targeting specific tumor antigens, this approach relies on endogenous antigens (including neoantigens) released during tumor lysis by treatments such as chemotherapy or local radiation.

The treatment In the traditional form of the treatment, during the first five weeks, the entire affected breast is usually treated in case any cancerous cells were left behind from surgery and / or chemotherapy.

Of the 28 participants who successfully wore a frozen gel cap during the administration of the chemotherapy drug, 12 had no substantial hair loss, while 10 showed only minor losOf the 28 participants who successfully wore a frozen gel cap during the administration of the chemotherapy drug, 12 had no substantial hair loss, while 10 showed only minor losof the chemotherapy drug, 12 had no substantial hair loss, while 10 showed only minor loss.

More than half of women fitted with cooling caps kept their hair during chemotherapy in the world's first randomized clinical trial of the devices, said lead researcher Dr. Julie Nangia.

A second study also found that the cooling caps could reduce hair loss, with two - thirds of patients losing half or less of their hair during chemotherapy, researchers reported.

The saturated medium - chain fatty - acid lauric acid (LA) has been associated to certain health - promoting benefits of coconut oil intake, including the improvement of the quality of life in breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.

One study showed 60 breast cancer patients who took wheatgrass juice daily during their first 3 cycles of chemotherapy.

The patients were able to reduce toxic chemical accumulation in their bone marrow and were able to reduce their dose of the chemicals used during their chemotherapy (4).

Also, during post-cancer treatment of chemotherapy drugs, Alfalfa has been reported to reduce and sometimes completely reverse the immune depression caused by these anti-cancer drugs.

Mazurak and her colleagues asked 16 patients with non-small cell lung cancer to take a 2.2 - gram supplement of eicosapentaenoic acid, a compound in fish oil, once a day during their 10 - week chemotherapy treatments.

Headbands of Hope: «Many girls fighting childhood cancer lose their hair during their rigorous chemotherapy treatments.

We know that those with metabolic states resulting from a high - carbohydrate diet — including high blood sugar levels, high insulin levels, and obesity — have higher rates of cancer and do more poorly during cancer treatment.13 — 16 We also know that multiple pathways that are downregulated by a ketogenic diet also render cells more susceptible to being killed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy.17

It helps to put them back in the driver seat during their treatment, instead of treating them as a passenger as we bombard them with chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

If you are taking any sort of medication that can cause hair loss (other than chemotherapy), you may want to speak to your doctor about alternatives, if they exist, because during the time you're taking the medication, using supplements probably won't restore your hair.

Though Reiser develops several of Adam's relationships — with his girlfriend, his mother, his young therapist (Anna Kendrick), and two old cancer patients he meets during chemotherapy (Matt Frewer and Philip Baker Hall)-- the most interesting of them turns out to be his friendship with Kyle.

The 65 - year - old actor, who is the son of Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas, is set to begin chemotherapy after doctors discovered a tumour in his throat during a routine medical check - up, reported People magazine online.

When I met him at an evo trackday during his first round of chemotherapy, what struck me was that he wasn't wasting effort on fighting negative thoughts — he'd erased them totally.

During the course of treatment, your veterinarian will repeat many blood tests to see if the treatment is destroying the cancer and to make sure the internal organs are not being damaged by the chemotherapy.

However, it is vital to understand that most pets receiving chemotherapy have an excellent quality of life both during and after treatment.

Supplementing dogs with probiotics prior to and during chemotherapy treatments lowered the severity and frequency of chemotherapy - associated side effects.

Mikiko - During the past year there was an overall increase in the frequency of high - value treatments such as anterior cruciate ligament surgeries, cancer treatments including chemotherapy, and foreign body exploratory surgeries performed by veterinarians.

At FloridaWild, we can work with your Veterinary Oncologist to improve quality of life during chemotherapy or use alternative therapies alone to support your pets as they battle cancer.

Chemotherapy combined with the use of antibiotics may help during treatment, but unfortunately is not considered to be effective.

Pets normally tolerate chemotherapy extraordinarily well and usually maintain an excellent quality of life during treatment.

During this same time, I was going through treatment for a reoccurrence of breast cancer, so between chemotherapy then daily radiation treatments while still trying to work, I chalked it up to another situation of a dog coming with the «mystery disease»... until I took a call from another client in California with a pup from the same litter.