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This is a list of chemotherapeutic agents, also known as cytotoxic agents or cytostatic drugs, that are known to be of use in chemotherapy for cancer.This list is organized by type of agent, although the subsections are not necessarily definitive and are subject to revision.
The hospital was commissioned to replace the aging East Glamorgan General Hospital. [1] It was built at a cost of £103 million and was opened at Ely Meadow (Welsh: Gwaun Elai) in 1999. [1] In 2017 the Hospital Board announced that the Special Care Baby Unit would be moved to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. [2]
Non-small cell lung cancer, oesophageal cancer, uterine cervical cancer, head and neck cancer and urothelial cancer: Nephrotoxicity, myelosuppression and nausea and vomiting (30-90%). Oxaliplatin: IV: Reacts with DNA, inducing apoptosis, non-cell cycle specific. Colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer and gastric cancer
Studies have reported elevated risk of breast cancer, nonmelanoma skin cancer, and cancer of the rectum among nurses who are exposed to these drugs. Other investigations revealed that there is a potential genotoxic effect from anti-neoplastic drugs to workers in health care settings.
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 therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]
Deprescribing is an option for patients who experience unpleasant side effects, said Sue Clenton, MD, a consultant clinical oncologist at Weston Park Cancer Centre in Sheffield, U.K. She told MNT ...
Early on Saturday morning he took a train to London, visiting Moorfields Eye Hospital, where he had a "fairly substantial" operation. "It shows how important your senses are," he told BBC Wales News.
Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant; Hywel Dda University Health Board ... cervical cancer screening, IT, and the national blood service. Military hospitals