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Chemotherapy regimen. A chemotherapy regimen is a regimen for chemotherapy, defining the drugs to be used, their dosage, the frequency and duration of treatments, and other considerations. In modern oncology, many regimens combine several chemotherapy drugs in combination chemotherapy. The majority of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy are ...
β-endorphin. β-MSH. Adrenocorticotropic hormone ( ACTH; also adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin) is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. [ 1] It is also used as a medication and diagnostic agent. ACTH is an important component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and is often produced in ...
Cancer treatment. A patient prepared for radiation therapy. Specialty. Oncology. ICD-10-PCS. 110000053. [ edit on Wikidata] Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [ 1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation ...
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs ( chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim only to prolong life or ...
Collaborations focus on research, prevention, education and patient care. [93] The collaboration between the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Mumbai, India is a significant partnership aimed at enhancing cancer research, education, and clinical care. Established in 2003, this sister institution accord was ...
The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination and executive functioning. These effects can impair a chemotherapy patient's ability to understand and make decisions regarding treatment, perform in school or employment and can reduce quality of life.
The beginnings of the modern era of cancer chemotherapy can be traced directly to the German introduction of chemical warfare during World War I. Among the chemical agents used, mustard gas was particularly devastating. Although banned by the Geneva Protocol in 1925, the advent of World War II caused concerns over the possible re-introduction ...
1896 – French Dr. Victor Despeignes, "the father of radiation therapy", starts to use X-rays to treat cancer [ 8] 1896 – American Dr. Emil Grubbe starts to treat breast cancer patients with X-rays [ 4] 1896 Sir George Thomas Beatson invented hormonal treatment of breast cancer by bilateral ovary removal in women with inoperable breast cancer.