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Lamivudine is a drug used to treat infection caused by viruses. Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.
Preview- It is clear that, however, the population also included patients with hepatic metastasis, thus the results should be interpreted with caution. Furthermore, many studies involving prophylactic antiviral therapy have been limited by small sample size, heterogeneity in tumour type, heterogeneous disease settings (adjuvant or palliative treatment), and varying chemotherapy regimens, and it is difficult to determine how effective lamivudine is in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, especially in patients treated with a doxorubicin-containing regimen, the most commonly used and effective agent in adjuvant treatment. Hepatic, refers to the liver. Prophylactic is in medicine, something that prevents or protects. Antiviral is a drug used to treat infections caused by viruses. Metastasis is the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another. A tumor formed by cells that have spread is called a metastatic tumor or a metastasis. The metastatic tumor contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumor. The plural form of metastasis is metastases (meh-TAS-tuh-SEEZ). Chemotherapy, treatment with drugs that kill cancer cells. Breast, glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland. Breast cancer, cancer that forms in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare. Therapy, treatment. Heterogeneous, made up of elements or ingredients that are not alike.
- It would seem to be apparant that, prophylactic lamivudine significantly reduced the incidence and severity of HBV reactivation in breast cancer patients undergoing anthracycline-based adjuvant chemotherapy. HBV is a virus that causes hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). It is carried and passed to others through the blood and other body fluids. Different ways the virus is spread include sharing needles with an infected person and being stuck accidentally by a needle contaminated with the virus. Infants born to infected mothers may also become infected with the virus. Although many patients who are infected with HBV may not have symptoms, long-term infection may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer. Also called hepatitis B virus. Anthracycline is a type of antibiotic that comes from certain types of Streptomyces bacteria. Anthracyclines are used to treat many types of cancer. Anthracyclines damage the DNA in cancer cells, causing them to die. Daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and epirubicin are anthracyclines. Incidence is the number of new cases of a disease diagnosed each year.
- For instance, british Journal of Cancer - Prophylactic use of lamivudine for hepatitis B exacerbation in post-operative breast cancer patients receiving anthracycline-based adjuvant chemotherapy Hepatitis, disease of the liver causing inflammation. Symptoms include an enlarged liver, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and dark urine.
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