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2. Aminolevulinic acid - Wikipedia

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   δ-Aminolevulinic acid (also dALA, δ-ALA, 5ALA or 5-aminolevulinic acid), an endogenous non-proteinogenic amino acid, is the first compound in the porphyrin synthesis pathway, the pathway that leads to heme [3] in mammals, as well as chlorophyll [4] in plants. 5ALA is used in photodynamic detection and surgery of cancer. [5][6][7][8]

3. Bladder cancer - Wikipedia

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   Bladder cancer is much more common in men than women; around 1.1% of men and 0.27% of women develop bladder cancer. [12] This makes bladder cancer the sixth most common cancer in men, and the seventeenth in women. [100] When women are diagnosed with bladder cancer, they tend to have more advanced disease and consequently a poorer prognosis. [100]

4. Transitional cell carcinoma - Wikipedia

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   Hematoxylin and eosin stain. Transitional cell carcinoma is a type of cancer that arises from the transitional epithelium, a tissue lining the inner surface of these hollow organs. [1] It typically occurs in the urothelium of the urinary system; in that case, it is also called urothelial carcinoma. It is the most common type of bladder cancer ...

5. Anthracycline - Wikipedia

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   Anthracyclines are a class of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy that are extracted from Streptomyces peucetius bacterium. [2][3][4] 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 ...

6. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Trospium chloride - Wikipedia

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   Trospium chloride is a muscarinic antagonist used to treat overactive bladder. [3] It has side effects typical of this class of drugs, namely dry mouth, stomach upset, and constipation; these side effects cause problems with people taking their medicine as directed. However it doesn't cause central nervous system side effects like some other ...