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chemotherapyAny medical treatment with chemicals. It usually refers to treatment of cancer with cytotoxic and other drugs. The term was coined by the German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich for the use of synthetic chemicals against infectious diseases. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While most commonly associated with chemotherapy agent toxicity, palmar/plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE) or hand-foot syndrome (HFS) was initially described in association with sickle cell [beta]-thalassemia (13,14,15) and subsequently with sickle cell crisis. Boston Scientific is in the midst of clinical trials on a polymer-coated stent designed to deliver a chemotherapy agent but not genes. Irinotecan is a generic chemotherapy agent that is a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor. |
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