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Palliative Care

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Sep 26, 2011
Palliative care is comfort care given to a patient who has a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer, from the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of illness. It is usually prov...
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May 31, 2011
Nausea is when you feel sick to your stomach, like you are going to throw up. Learn the best time for you to eat and drink. Some people feel better when they eat a little just before treatment. Oth...
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Updated
May 31, 2011
It is very important to prevent and control nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy. Uncontrolled nausea and vomiting can interfere with your ability to receive cancer treatment and ...
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Chemotherapy Resources
Radiation Resources
Frequently Used Head and Neck Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs
- FUDR (fudr (floxuridine))
- CeeNU (lomustine)
- Mustargen (mechlorethamine)
- Blenoxane (bleomycin)
- Tepadina (thiotepa)
- Platinol (cisplatin injection)
- Platinol (cisplatin)
- Docefrez (docetaxel)
Frequently Used Head and Neck Cancer Chemotherapy Regimens
- 5FU + cisplatin
- 5FU + Paraplatin
- Cisplatin + radiation
- Erbitux
- Erbitux + radiation
- Ethyol
- Taxol
- Taxol + cisplatin + radiation
- Taxol + Paraplatin
- Taxol + Paraplatin + radiation
- Taxotere
- Taxotere + cisplatin
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