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Cancer Therapy
Metronomic therapy offers palliative treatment of metastatic breast cancer
October 13th, 2005
Metronomic therapy offers palliative treatment of metastatic breast cancer. "Metronomic chemotherapy - the chronic administration of chemotherapy at relatively low, minimally toxic doses on a frequent schedule of administration at close regular intervals, with no prolonged drug-free breaks - is a potentially novel approach to the control of advanced cancer disease. It is thought to work primarily through antiangiogenic mechanisms and has, as an advantage, the property of significantly reducing undesirable toxic side-effects," researchers in Italy report. "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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