Chemotherapy

Acute leukemia Did you know that there are “about 54,270 new cases of leukemia in the united states each year” according to (Nordquist). Only “about 24,450 people die from leukemia per year” according to (Nordquist). Leukemia is a blood marrow disease, there are certain symptoms for acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, treatment, and the stages. Acute myeloid leukemia, acute means that it spreads fast and myeloid is the types of cells it affects. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia,…

obtained to start a three year chemotherapy treatment regimen with an 85% probability of long-term survival. After she had been given chemotherapy for two months, the parents decided to refuse the standard treatment of chemotherapy, citing concerns about the long-term complications of chemotherapy. As an alternative to chemotherapy, the parents…

Internal and external treatments are both options for radiotherapy we also have chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy. For Internal therapy the treatment requires important steps before implants are implanted into the tumour. Radioisotopes are held in special containers to shield exposure to people, it withholds radiation. Safety precautions are also taken before the treatment begins briefly stating patient being shielded by surrounded walls that use specific material to prevent…

Docetaxel, also known as toxetere, is used as an anti- cancer chemotherapy drug. It is used to treat cases of breast, lung, prostate, head, and neck cancer. Docetaxel is administered through IV. The amount of docetaxel patients receive depends on a lot of factors. Factors such as height, weight, the type of cancer being treated, and how far along the cancer has developed factors into how much medicine the patients receive. Use of docetaxel can result in low white and red blood cell counts. This…

STUDY TITLE A Randomized, Phase 2, Two-Arm, Open-Label, Multicenter, Study of Folotyn® (Pralatrexate Injection) with and without Oral Leucovorin to Prevent or Reduce Mucositis in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) BACKGROUND 1.a Defining Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas (PTCL) Peripheral or mature T-cell lymphomas are subset of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) that comprise approximately 10-15% of all newly diagnosed cases of NHL in the United State.…

surgery, to remove the neoplasm. However, most of the patient are diagnosed in the later stages, where the cancer had already spread into the lymph nodes. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy are the approved, first-line…

cancer if the persons’ family has a history of bladder cancer or any type of cancer. There are factors that decrease the risk of bladder cancer. Being active, giving birth, having menopause later in life, a higher fruit and vegetable intake and someone that has Parkinson’s disease has a lower risk of bladder cancer. Researchers do not know exactly what causes bladder cancer. Changes in DNA or in normal cells can cause cancer. When normal cancer cells have a mutation it makes cells grow…

leukemia can receive: chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, radiation therapy, and targeted therapy (“ALL”…

Christopher Hitchens wrote the “Topic of Cancer” along with many other passages that are well-known. Hitchens in this particular article gets diagnosed with cancer, after long considerations he had decided to try chemotherapy, along with any other cancer patient Hitchens struggled through the stages of his condition. Families everywhere have been faced with someone they know trying to battle out the prolonged illness or the deadly disease best known as cancer. Cancer patients whether they…

In the case of Jack Armstrong, a 14-year-old who has testicular cancer which has been metastasized to his liver. Jack refused to undergo proposed surgery, even after knowing that he will probably die within six months without it. Jack’s parents are split on this issue, his father supported him and his decision, but his mother was against it. The questions in this case that needs to be answered are, is Jack mature enough to take a decision, regarding his cancer treatment and whether “mature…