chemotherapy drug

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chemotherapy
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkiː.məʊˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˌkiː.moʊˈθer.ə.pi/
the treatment of diseases ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk
/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Vinflunine is achemotherapydrugused to treat advanced transitional cell bladder and urothelial tract cancer.
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These technologies use different mechanisms to facilitate the absorption and action of achemotherapydruginstilled directly into the bladder.
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This formulation is used in minimally invasive devices, dialysis equipment, for bypass procedures, andchemotherapydrugdelivery.
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Thechemotherapydruggets absorbed by the cancer.
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Medicines that include bethanechol or valrubicin (achemotherapydrug) can cause bladder spasm because they help force water from the body.
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Mice were pre-treated with achemotherapydrugto lower their resistance and white cell counts.
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Virtually all chemotherapy drugs, however, also show some increase in radiation damage to normal tissues.
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Fourteen days after the last treatment with these two chemotherapy drugs, patients will begin to receive paclitaxel once every 14 days for four visits.
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Fourteen days after the last treatment with these two chemotherapy drugs, patients will begin to receive paclitaxel and gemcitabine once every 14 days for four visits.
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All cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of cancer are prescribed by hospital specialists and not by general practitioners in the community.
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We need to look at the prescribing of chemotherapy drugs.
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Most previous chemotherapy drugs for cancer were (relatively) nonselective in their activity.
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The proteins produced by these genes may serve as targets for novel chemotherapy drugs and other cancer treatments, or imaging scans.
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This research is especially useful for cancer patients because chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, cause nausea and vomiting.
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In humans, the method is widely used to administer chemotherapy drugs to treat some cancers, in particular ovarian cancer.
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This lovely and delicate flower is in fact revolutionizing the treatment of cancer through a number of chemotherapy drugs.
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In a pilot study involving twelve lung cancer patients, chemotherapy drugs were infused with zinc in order to test its potential as a treatment.
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Even if the cancerous cells do not die outright, they may become more susceptible to ionizing radiation therapy or to certain chemotherapy drugs.
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Chemotherapy drugs are also used in conditioning regimens prior to bone marow transplant (hematopoietic stem cell transplant).
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Many chemotherapy drugs for cancer lack tumour specificity and the doses required to reach therapeutic levels in the tumour are often toxic to other tissues.
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