Medicines in development for cancer

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Avatar m tn Medicines that can cause hair loss include blood thinners (also called anticoagulants), medicines used for gout, medicines used in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control pills and antidepressants. Certain infections can cause hair loss. Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection is easily treated with antifungal medicines. Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease, such as lupus or diabetes.
Avatar n tn Hi, i have ADHD and i've changed a lot since in school. At first i couldn't concentrate and got bored VERY easily, you should go down to your doctors for some help. I got but on Ritalin < - -a tablet designed to help. these did not help me at all and made me very drowsey and baisically like a zombie i hated them. The did not solve the problem but in many cases does. I didn't enjoy school and was put on a more fun corse while learning.
Avatar m tn “The acquisition of Inhibitex builds on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s long history of discovering, developing and delivering innovative new medicines in virology and enriches our portfolio of investigational medicines for hepatitis C,” said Lamberto Andreotti, chief executive officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb. “There is significant unmet medical need in hepatitis C. This acquisition represents an important investment in the long-term growth of the company.
Avatar n tn U.S. FDA and Health Canada Grant Priority Reviews for Telaprevir for the Treatment of Hepatitis C -Six-month review date of May 23, 2011 set by FDA- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for telaprevir and granted the company's request for six-month Priority Review.
Avatar m tn Males can develop breast cancer, though the incidence is much lower than female breast cancer. Risk factors for the development of male breast cancer include increased exposure to estrogen, reduced androgen, history of orchitis secondary to mumps, undescended testis, testicular injury or cirrhosis of the liver, and a family history of breast cancer. I would suggest you have yourself seen by your doctor.
Avatar n tn I was on Doxy 100mg for about a month for antimalarial reasons, saw a slight improvement in my skin, and was then prescribed Doxy 50mg for acne indefinitely. I’ve been on this for about 3 weeks. I have definitely noticed fewer pimples, but I still have the odd one here and there. I’ve also been using 10% Benzoyl Peroxide gel which I think has worked wonders. I would like to go off Doxy 50mg to see if it is the Doxy or the Benzoyl which has helped my skin.
Avatar f tn doctor is very ignorant, ultrasound every 6 months is effective for liver cancer prevention (if it develops after 6 months it cannot be cured) you are missing all the test to understand how severe is your hbv and if you have any liver damage, ultrasound can only detect cancer nothing else, check for a good liver specialist.
Avatar f tn BMY) today reported the result of the phase III BRISK-FL clinical trial of the investigational agent brivanib versus sorafenib as first-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer). The study did not meet its primary overall survival objective based upon a non-inferiority statistical design.
Avatar f tn Often girls who have read cancer-symptom lists think they have cancer, and all it is, is the breast buds beginning to develop. Don't let any doctor suggest removing them, believe it or not, it has happened, giving the young girl scarred breast development later.
Avatar n tn There is no evidence that compression or any undergarment contributes to the development of cancer. Likewise, breast reduction surgery has no impact on the development of cancer.
Avatar n tn Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia is not cancer. However, it is frequently associated with the development of cancer. The criteria for clean margins can vary from institution to institution but 1mm is often considered a clean margin. So, in theory, if all the DCIS is removed and there is no invasive cancer, radiation should reduce the risk for local recurrence. Tamoxifen is given to help prevent more breast cancer from developing.
148588 tn?1465778809 But now, thanks to advances in genetics, we know that each cancer is unique, and research is shifting to the development of personalized medicines—designer therapies that can exterminate specific cancerous cells in a specific way, in a specific person; therapies focused like lasers. To be sure, around the turn of the millennium, significant fanfare surrounded personalized medicine, especially in the field of genetics. A lot of that is now gone.
Avatar n tn Treatment of LCIS is focused on risk reduction for development of cancer and usually falls into one of 3 categories; careful observation, medications to decrease estrogen, or some women might opt for surgery to remove the breasts (prophylactic mastectomy). Decisions are made after discussion and weighing of risks and benefits for the individual patient.
Avatar m tn too much thinking on injustices in the society, always thinking about doing something for others socio economicall upliftment, and haveing good governance in the country where i leave and for those courntires for which i have some affection, giving detail reasoning for minor universal facts, sociall behavious, and polical development to others who talk about it, while i am not a polically active person.
Avatar m tn He has poor eye contact. We don’t have any development pediatrician in Bangladesh. We are in desperate need of help and guidance.
Avatar m tn Now, I have found another pain management group, and because I have cancer, they give me scripts for opiate-based pain killers each month, but each month, family members have to drive to well over 50 pharmacies to even find the medicines for me. Every pharmacist tells me that local, state, and federal crackdowns on opiates are causing shortages, and even patients with stage4 cancer can't get the medicine. Has the world gone completely mad?
Avatar n tn Pregnancy Category C is given to medicines that have not been studied in pregnant humans, but do appear to cause harm to the fetus in animal studies. Also, medicines that have not been studied in any pregnant women or animals are automatically given a Pregnancy Category C rating. Adderall was given a pregnancy Category C rating because it was shown to cause birth defects and miscarriages in mice.
Avatar m tn is a biopharmaceutical company commercializing oxidized glutathione-based compounds for the treatment of cancer and hepatitis. NOV-002, the lead compound currently in Phase 3 development for lung cancer under a SPA and Fast Track, acts together with chemotherapy as a chemoprotectant and an immunomodulator. NOV-002 is also in Phase 2 development for chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer and early-stage breast cancer.
Avatar f tn i had a discussion with my doctoc, in which he said that i might have to continue my medicines for whole of the life. since then im a little tensed and worried about it. i might have to move away from my house for my further studies. how would i be able to cope up wid studies and visits to doctors simultanously? i'm even high miopic and have slight cataract in my eyes(as chrones was not detected at proper time,it ruined my eyesight), failure of growth and development, severe body pains.
Avatar m tn Two grants from the National Institutes of Health will allow Saint Louis University researchers to build on breakthroughs in understanding the hepatitis B virus and begin the search for a drug to cure – not just halt – the illness. Last year, John Tavis, PhD, professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at SLU published research demonstrating a way to measure and then block a previously unstudied enzyme, RNAseH, to stop the virus from replicating.
Avatar m tn Normally there is surgery done for varicocele, but I understand, in alternative medicines like Ayurveda, there are medicines for this condition.Asymmetry of testes to some extent is common.
18343214 tn?1464763207 "In what time will the node vanish? " maybe a week or two after the sore disappears. If fibrosis, then years. "The canker sore is on left side inside the cheek near lip." yes, but you haven't said on which side is the swollen node. "Will the node vanish by the medicines?" I know of no medicine to make the node go down. Maybe an anti-inflammatory might help a little bit. I assume the medicine you were given is for the sore. BUT!!
Avatar m tn I'm almost 14 and i have verry small bump right under my nipple, It's the smae color and breast cancer dosn't ru in my family. Am i too young for breast cancer? If i am too young, is this small bump normal?
Avatar n tn Hi, Intestinal metaplasia has been suggested to have a role in the development of bladder cancer. However, it seems that it is merely found along with cancer (bystander not a participant) and along benign growths. Its role as a primary, premalignant lesion is in doubt, hence there is no specific therapy or surveillance for such a finding currently recommended.