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- Low blood cell counts: Side effects of cancer treatment
Chemotherapy and you: Support for people with cancer National Cancer Institute https: www cancer gov publications patient-education chemo-and-you Accessed Nov 1, 2020 Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, blood Mayo Medical Laboratories https: www mayocliniclabs com test-catalog Clinical+and+Interpretive 9109 Accessed Nov 1
- Filgrastim (injection route) - Side effects dosage - Mayo Clinic
Description Filgrastim injection is used to treat neutropenia (low white blood cells) that is caused by cancer medicines It is a synthetic (man-made) form of a substance that is naturally produced in your body called a colony stimulating factor Filgrastim helps the bone marrow to make new white blood cells When certain cancer medicines are used to fight cancer cells, they also affect the
- Capecitabine (oral route) - Side effects dosage - Mayo Clinic
Description Capecitabine is used alone or in combination with other cancer treatments in patients with colon cancer that has spread (Stage III) to help prevent colon cancer from coming back after surgery It is also used together with other cancer treatments and radiation treatment, around the time of surgery, to treat rectal cancer that has spread This medicine is also used alone or in
- Adjuvant therapy: Treatment to keep cancer from returning
Treatments given in addition to your primary cancer therapy can help reduce the risk of cancer recurrence
- Cancer fatigue: Why it occurs and how to cope - Mayo Clinic
Most people with cancer have fatigue Find out what cancer-related fatigue feels like and when it's concerning Learn ways to cope with fatigue
- Temozolomide (oral route) - Side effects dosage - Mayo Clinic
Description Temozolomide is used to treat specific types of brain cancer (eg, glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma) in patients whose tumors have returned or whose tumors have just been diagnosed It belongs to the group of medicines known as antineoplastics (cancer medicines) Temozolomide interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are then destroyed by the body Since the
- Mouth sores caused by cancer treatment: How to cope
Mouth sores are common during cancer treatment Get details on causes, prevention and treatment
- Gemcitabine (intravenous route) - Side effects uses
Description Gemcitabine injection is used together with other medicines (eg, carboplatin) to treat patients with advanced ovarian cancer that has come back at least 6 months after treatment with other cancer medicines (platinum-based) Gemcitabine injection is also used together with other medicines (eg, paclitaxel) to treat metastatic (cancer that has spread) breast cancer in patients who
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