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Breast cancer chemotherapy. A woman being treated with docetaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer. Cold mittens and wine chilling devices are placed on her hands and feet to prevent deleterious effects on the nails. Similar strategies can be used to prevent hair loss. Breast cancer chemotherapy refers to the use of cytotoxic drugs ( chemotherapy ...
Glucocorticoids. [ 2] Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency is a rare disorder characterized by secondary adrenal insufficiency with minimal or no cortisol production and normal pituitary hormone secretion apart from ACTH. [ 3] ACTH deficiency may be congenital or acquired, and its symptoms are clinically similar to those of glucocorticoid ...
The mainstay of breast cancer management is surgery for the local and regional tumor, followed (or preceded) by a combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine (hormone) therapy, and targeted therapy. Research is ongoing for the use of immunotherapy in breast cancer management. Management of breast cancer is undertaken by a ...
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 ...
ACTH stimulation test. The ACTH test (also called the cosyntropin, tetracosactide, or Synacthen test) is a medical test usually requested and interpreted by endocrinologists to assess the functioning of the adrenal glands ' stress response by measuring the adrenal response to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; corticotropin) or another ...
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 ...
Anthracyclines are a class of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy that are extracted from Streptomyces bacterium. [ 2][ 3] These compounds are used to treat many cancers, including leukemias, lymphomas, breast, stomach, uterine, ovarian, bladder cancer, and lung cancers. The first anthracycline discovered was daunorubicin (trade name Daunomycin ...
Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient. [ 1 ] The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy. Health communication is a unique niche ...