FDA labeling now recommends DPYD variant testing before initiating capecitabine or 5-FU, except when immediate treatment is clinically necessary. Complete DPD deficiency markedly impairs 5-FU ...
Sacubitril-valsartan, a common drug combination for heart failure, cuts the risk for cardiomyopathy after chemotherapy in patients who received anthracycline drugs by 77% in the first randomized ...
In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of a common chemotherapy drug, making it dramatically more soluble and ...
Injections and infusions are a common way to receive chemotherapy. Both methods deliver cancer-treating medications directly into the bloodstream. Chemotherapy is a common cancer treatment that uses ...
Statins might help protect cancer patients from 'chemo brain' Patients taking the drugs had better executive function than those on a placebo Protection lasted up to two years after treatment MONDAY, ...
Taking a pill is the easiest, least invasive way to take medicine, but unfortunately, not all drugs work that way. Now, Stanford scientists have found “an embarrassingly simple solution” that could ...