anticancer chemotherapy

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• Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting — (CINV) is a common side effect of many cancer treatments. Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment related side effects for cancer patients and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that patients receiving… …   Wikipedia

• Chemotherapy — A woman being treated with docetaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer. Cold mittens and wine coolers are placed on her hands and feet to reduce harm to her nails. Chemotherapy (sometimes cancer chemotherapy) is the treatment of cancer with an… …   Wikipedia

• chemotherapy — chemotherapist, n. /kee moh ther euh pee, kem oh /, n. Med. the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue. Cf.… …   Universalium

• cytotoxic chemotherapy — Anticancer drugs that kill cells, especially cancer cells …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• History of cancer chemotherapy — The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. Cancer drug development has exploded since then into a multi billion dollar industry. The targeted therapy revolution has… …   Wikipedia

• Low-dose chemotherapy — is being studied/used in the treatment of cancer to avoid the devastating side effects of conventional chemotherapy. Historically, oncologists have used the highest possible dose that the body can tolerate in order to kill as many cancer cells as …   Wikipedia

• induction chemotherapy — n chemotherapy usu. with high doses of anticancer drugs (as cisplatin or methotrexate) in the initial treatment esp. of advanced cancers in order to make subsequent treatment (as surgery or radiotherapy) more effective * * * chemotherapy as the… …   Medical dictionary

• Provascular anticancer therapy — is a strategy that exploits the differential reactivity of mature tumor blood vessels to increase the efficacy of conventional anticancer treatments (such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy). [Feron O. Targeting the tumor vascular compartment to… …   Wikipedia

• Topical chemotherapy — Treatment with an anticancer drug in a lotion, ointment or cream that is applied to the …   Medical dictionary

• combination chemotherapy — Treatment using more than one anticancer drug …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• intraperitoneal chemotherapy — Treatment in which anticancer drugs are put directly into the abdominal cavity through a thin tube …   English dictionary of cancer terms