Cancer		Bleomycin
Carcinoma; Malignancy; Neoplasm; Oncology; Tumor		Blenoxane

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glad it s over but i hadn t posted these before

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Cancer Diaries Day2 The answer to Life the Universe and everything

now in tablet form Got a new roomy last night poor old chap is 88 and looks like he s suffering quite a bit And on top of that he s pissing me off I know it sounds horrible and it s not his fault but still With the IV drip in 24 7 I can barely sleep as it is It helps considerably less then you might think to be woken up 6 times a night to the sounds and smells of him using his bedpan Bedpan s wife visited him this afternoon they re actually quite cute together At 80+ they re both not exactly in great shape but it seems they really enjoy each other s company awww At the time of writing this I m not tired anymore so I have actually forgiven him for cutting my night s sleep down to 4 hours of frequent interruption My appetite is slowly fading too I m still eating the normal meals but my snacking activity is down to practically zero There s a bag of addictive pistachios and sweet chocolaty biscuits next to my bed and I m not in the least bit tempted anymore Today I only got two different drugs Turns out Bleomycin is only given at the very first day of every cycle of chemotherapy and only in a quite small dosis However this is enough to cut down treatment time by 50 Apparently Bleomycin is the big daddy of chemo drugs if your lungs can take it that is Side effects include shortness of breath check fever rash and permanent lung damage but usually only in elderly people and at higher doses However I had to do a series of lung tests to determine if I would be allowed to take this drug Thanks for your notes and messages everyone

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Cancer Diaries Day23 On the inside with a fancy needle

Got a bed today and after I was admitted another guy went home so I whinged until I got his window bed all set up with internet again After a blood test they started me straight away on the whole shebang Bleomycin Etoposide and Cisplatin I felt sick almost instantly but a lot better after a little while At least the delay is only one day By now I also got the heightened sense of smell again like last time I had chemo imagined or real I smell everything and very intensively it s quite sickening really They put me up in a 5 bed room I really wonder what I have private insurance for it s all right though One of the guys has a radio and plays it rather loud He s quite old and probably can t hear well So far I don t care by the end of the week I ll probably be ready to kill him Let s see which of these guys snores the loudest

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SCC confirmed on histopathology Treatment was begun immediately with 2 drugs Bleomycin and Methotrexate Cortisone was given by injection to relieve the pain of the lesion rapidly

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Print Article The image shows bleomycin represented in a space filling rendering bound to DNA in a gray ball and stick rendering The color scheme highlights the different moieties that make up bleomycin

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was no noticeable response and the dog was put to sleep Four months later I discovered and obtained an AgNOR stain kit I obtained sections from the tumour from the lab and stained them This showed an average AgNOR count of 4 5 Published data shows that a count over 3 5 is highly suggestive of high malignant potential Grading of Mastocytomas is fraught with problems AgNOR

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and successful tumour destruction led to scarring and shrinkage of the tongue which then became immobile The cat was 13 years old and had been salivating for 3 days when first presented

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Treatment was continued for 3 months by which time the tumour had shrunk to a 3mm nodule This was removed surgically and chemotherapy continued Sadly the cat disappeared and was found a few days later dead from major injuries presumably from a road accident The treatment had

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least predict the problems She was an 8 year old Golden Retriever and had developed a soft mass in the right sublumbar region a typical lipoma FNAB yielded well differentiated mast cells A wide margin was removed at surgery and the entire excised material was sent for histopathology and for checking margins The results were very encouraging well differentiated mastocytoma

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My First Time

So now I m on day 8 of my 21 day cycle Here s what my 21 day cycle is for anybody who wants to know <a href= http lymphoma about com od treatment qt beacopp htm rel= nofollow >lymphoma about com od treatment qt beacopp htm< a> I had went into the hospital for chemotherapy again yesterday the Bleomycin and the Vincrisitne I was so terrified first just because it was the first time they were going to use the port a cath ever I m still having trouble getting used to it it s weird having a hunk of plastic in your chest and you really can feel it all the time especially when you re trying to get to sleep my boobs always press against it haha P I ve only had the port in since Thursday though so I m sure it s just something I m going to have to get used to Anyways besides just being terrified of the idea of this plastic hunk of junk and just how uncomfortable it feels for someone to hold it and move it around inside you the chemotherapy was excellent Nothing like IV s at all IV s suck Last time I had to get an IV they missed my left hand 16 times and then they moved on to my right hand and didn t get that one in until the 6th time there were nurses huddled around me too because I was freaking out so much It really did hurt a lot They thought I was going to pass out but the port a cath they put emla numbing cream on the port they just hold it with their hand and put the needle in The end Didn t feel a thing So something to look forward to for me is no more IV s Thank god My first time getting chemotherapy through my port or just using the port in general wasn t so bad haha

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The electrical charge creates temporary openings in the cell membrane allowing drugs to enter The openings seal trapping the drug inside The drug kills the cancer cells

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Bleomycin is in injected into an area affected by cancer A probe from the MedPulser which contains a ring of six electrode needles is inserted into the site delivering a small electrical charge

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is in injected into an area affected by cancer A probe from the MedPulser which contains a ring of six electrode needles is inserted into the site delivering a small electrical charge The electrical charge creates temporary openings in the cell membrane allowing drugs to enter

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Bladder Carcinoma The patient was a 7 year old Bearded Collie bitch She presented with haematuria and the presence of a bladder tumour was rapidly demonstrated on ultrasonography As it was clearly in the cranial pole a partial cystectomy was performed Histopathology showed a Transitional Cell Carcinoma The prognosis for this tumour is poor Adjuvant chemotherapy

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been accrued and a CR rate of 35 observed A similar trial of 3 courses of CDDP + 5FU prior to RT is being studied Finally an NCI intergroup study is ongoing with the following design A new 3 drug induction of CDDP + 5FU + bleomycin is being evaluated New directions include intensification programs ABMT and sequenced CR + RT + BRMS Dr Y Nomura of the Kyushu

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