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View Post: The Daily Cougar - UHCOP honored for drug that helps leukemia patients
23 Nov 2009
Busulfan is an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug that inhibits the spread of cancer cells. Used as a conditioning agent before stem cell transplants, the intravenous version of the drug has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the ...
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View Post: Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide (Bu/Cy) as a Preparative Regimen for ...
2 Sep 2009 by Matthew Ulrickson, Julie Aldridge, Haesook...  
... undergoing ASCT with the combination of busulfan and cyclophosphamide (Bu/Cy). This study is a retrospective analysis of 78 consecutive patients with NHL who underwent ASCT with Bu/Cy at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. ...
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View Post: Development of Cancer
30 Oct 2009 by ToufiqS  
... Combined modality or chemotherapy along with other treatment such as surgery and radiotherapy 20/3/2008 25 Commonly used cancer chemotherapy agents Alkylating agents: Cyclophosphamide, Mechlorethamine, Busulfan, Dacarbazine. ...
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View Post: busulfan (busilvex®, myleran®)
13 Jun 2007 by Xincon  
it is most often used to treat a type of leukaemia known as chronic myeloid leukaemia (cml), but may sometimes be used to treat other types of cancer. this information describes busulfan, how it is given and some of its possible side ...
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View Post: Cancer
15 Nov 2009 by spark  
cyclophosphamide/ Cytoxan, Procytox; busulfan/ Myleran; melphalan/ Alkeran; meclorethamine/ Mustargen; clorambucil/ Leukeran; ifostamide/ Ifex. Antimetabolites: effective against rapidly diving cancerous cells ...
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View Post: 35 down
26 Oct 2009 by Ann  
I worry that it will make it difficult to conceal the fact that I've had cancer when I'm finally able to go back to school or start interviewing for jobs. It's such a petty vanity when I consider all that we've fought for and I wish I ...
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View Post: busulfan/cytoxan induction in bmt
18 Jan 2007 by O A  
two combinations are well established as preparative regimens for leukemia: cyclophosphamide (cytoxan, neosar) plus total-body irradiation (tbi) or busulfan (myleran) plus cyclophosphamide. tbi has been given as a single dose in the ...
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View Post: Myleran Tablets (Busulfan Tablets) Drug Information: Uses, Side ...
16 Sep 2008
WARNING: Busulfan is usually used to treat a certain cancer of the white blood cells called chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Busulfan may cause severe decreases in bone marrow function, causing severely decreased blood cell counts. ...
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View Post: Orphan Drugs....continued
Pharmainfo.net
1 Dec 2009 by Nik   ...
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