The administration of chemotherapeutic drugs at maximum tolerated doses (MTDs) often induces dose-limiting toxicity in rapidly dividing tissues (intestines, bone marrow, and skin), and so patients ...

Medicare covers prescribed chemotherapy drugs. How and where a person receives chemotherapy helps determine which Medicare part provides the coverage. When a person receives a cancer diagnosis ...

One particular challenge in the treatment of cancer is therapy resistance. An international research team has now discovered a mechanism that opens up new treatment strategies for tumors in which ...

One particular challenge in the treatment of cancer is therapy resistance. An international research team has now discovered ...

Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. Your doctor and nurse will talk to you about the chemotherapy that is best for your situation. They will explain how long your ...

This pioneering study, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, sheds light on the complex interplay between taxanes—widely used chemotherapeutic drugs—and microtubule acetylation ...

Chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a substantial burden among people with cancer treated with chemotherapy ...

It is also critical to take oral chemotherapy drugs according to the exact schedule that the doctor recommends. The medication may be less effective if a person misses a dose, takes two doses too ...

I was high on some powerful drugs in a busy Mater public hospital ward when I decided to ask my life partner to marry me.

A brain cancer patient has been left "confused" and "shattered" after learning he took chemotherapy drugs needlessly for more than a year.

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Traditional chemotherapeutic agents often fail due to their poor ability to penetrate the cancerous environment, especially in solid tumors. However, the application of nanotechnology in drug delivery ...