despite multiple published studies reporting result of salvage regimens for relapsed and refractory hodgkin's lymphoma, there are no comparisons of different combinations.a total of 44 patients identified with refractory or relapsed hodgkin's lymphoma were considered eligible for this study. the patients were randomly divided into two groups of 22, one of which were treated with gdp regimen (ge...

it is very important for a child with cancer to have a normal process of growth. then management of child's nutritional status and his/her security protection is necessary. the objectives of this article were to assess nutritional status, to find reasons for malnutrition, to introduce a suitable nutritional regimen, to evaluate psychological status, to educate the child and his/her family ...

We report a rare case of extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma arising in the palatine tonsil treated by combined chemotherapy with irinotecan/cisplatin following irradiation therapy. This chemotherapy regimen was recently found to be effective for small cell lung carcinoma. Our case is the first report of combined irinotecan/cisplatin chemotherapy to treat extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma of ...

: As the majority of patients experiences locoregional relapse and/or distant metastasis even after radical resection esophageal cancer, many efforts have been made and are ongoing to identify optimal multimodality treatment strategy. The true benefit harm neoadjuvant therapy including chemotherapy, radiotherapy or combination, is still difficult interpret given heterogeneity in patient tumor c...

helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastric ulcer, adenocarcinoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (malt) lymphoma. up to now, different regimens have been used for helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) eradication to find the most potent and cost-effective regimen with less side effects. the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of standard triple therapy versus quadruple therap...

The research study was designed to compare the safety and efficacy of the regimen of 5-flurouracil with cisplatin of investigational arm with the reference regimen of gemcitabine with cisplatin for the treatment of gallbladder cancer. A total of 60 patients were enrolled in the study. Out of 30 patients enrolled in arm-A (Gemcitabine with Cisplatin) and 30 patients enrolled in arm-B (5-Fluroura...

Abstrak: Breast cancer is the most common carcinoma in women world. Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) a hormone secreted by primary, secondary, and small antral ovarian follicles of <4mm. The chemotherapy regimen toxic to 5-fluorouracil-doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (FAC). In Indonesia, there had been no study on effect FAC AMH premenopausal breast patients. This aims determine employed prospectiv...

We report two cases of liver metastases from colorectal and anal cancers after the failure systemic chemotherapies that were successfully treated with a combination therapy transarterial chemoembolization using irinotecan-loaded drug-eluting beads hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. In both cases, chemotherapy was performed as maintenance beads. Irinotecan at dose 120 mg loaded on drug deli...