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View Post: Brain Cancer Clinical Trial: Intercontinental Multidisciplinary ...
15 Nov 2009
Etoposide by vein - for lung cancer Carboplatin - for ovarian cancer Cisplatin - for testicular cancer Vincristine - for leukemia Cyclophosphamide - for lymphoma Methotrexate - for leukemia Doxorubicin - for breast cancer Dactinomycin ...
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View Post: Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments : Cancer Research UK
5 Oct 2009
**Actinomycin D or Dactinomycin is used to treat sarcomas, Wilm's tumour, germ cell cancers, testicular cancer, melanoma and choriocarcinoma. Low doses of actinomycin D cause disruption of the nucleolus, which is a distinct compartment ...
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View Post: Cosmegen (Dactinomycin) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
11 Nov 2008
This cytotoxic action is the basis for their use in the treatment of certain types of cancer. Dactinomycin is believed to produce its cytotoxic effects by binding DNA and inhibiting RNA synthesis. ...
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View Post: dactinomycin (cosmegen lyovac®)
18 Jun 2007 by Xincon  
dactinomycin (pronounced dak-tin-o-my-sin) is sometimes called actinomycin d. it is a chemotherapy drug that is given as a treatment for some types of cancer. it is most commonly used to treat cancers that occur in children, ...
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View Post: Pappillon: Rhabdomyosarcoma - Cancer in Kids
6 Nov 2009 by JMP  
The following chemotherapy agents are commonly used: vincristine, cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin, adriamycin, ifosfamide, VP-16. Radiation. External beam radiation is used in some cases of rhabdomyosarcoma. ...
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View Post: dactinomycin
18 Jun 2009 by harsha  
dactinomycin is used for: treating certain types of cancer. it may be used alone or with other medicines. dactinomycin is an antineoplastic. it works by killing certain cancer cells. do not use dactinomycin if: ...
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View Post: help!i might have bone cancer!
17 Oct 2009 by raylandlow  
Effective single agents may include doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, high-dose methotrexate (with leucovorin rescue), ifosfamide, dacarbazine, vincristine, dactinomycin (Actinomycin D), etoposide and investigational agents. ...
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View Post: Lorrie Moore on Paediatric Oncology
24 Nov 2009 by Paul  
She is confounded by the information, it seems too impossible to accept, babies don't get cancer! She can't escape what she is being told “His voice comes from nowhere and everywhere at once.” (p216) It is easily every mother's greatest ...
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View Post: evaluating dactinomycin and vincristine in young patients with cancer
6 May 2008
conditions: kidney cancer; leukemia; sarcoma; unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific interventions: drug: dactinomycin; drug: vincristine; procedure: chemotherapy; procedure: diagnostic procedure; procedure: liquid ...
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View Post: Inhibition of fibroblast to myofibroblast transition by ...
16 Feb 2007 by Sheffer, Y., Leon, O., Pinthus, JH, Nagler,...  
Moreover, halofuginone synergizes with low dose of docetaxel in prostate cancer and vincristine and dactinomycin in Wilms' tumor xenografts, resulting in significant reduction in tumor volume and weight comparable to the effect observed ...
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