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Effects on Walker 256 tumour of carmustine associated with a cholesterol-rich microemulsion (LDE).
The global Glioblastoma multiforme drugs market segmentation is based on drug types (Bevacizumab, Temozolomide, Carmustine).
(3) These include the antiarrhythmic drug amiodarone, the chemotherapeutic agents bleomycin, busulfan, carmustine and cyclophosphamide, the immunosuppressive drugs sirolimus and everolimus and many others.
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of carmustine implants and temozolomide for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-grade glioma: a systematic review and economic evaluation.
She then underwent high dose chemotherapy with carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan (BEAM) followed by an autologous hematopoietic stem cell rescue.
(3) Table 3: Activity of 21 antineoplastic agents against 4 groups of pathogenic microorganisms, expressed in semiquantitative terms Activity against indicated type of organism Gram- Gram- Antineoplastic positive negative Agent bacteria bacteria Alkylating agents Carmustine 0 0 Chlorambecil 0 0 Neoplatin 0 + No activity shown by busulphan, cyclophosphamide, dibromomannitol, and melphalan.
Second line treatment includes topical bexarotene, imiquimod, mechlorethamine, carmustine, PUVA phototherapy and excimer laser.
Randomized comparison of stereotactic radiosurgery followed by conventional radiotherapy with carmustine to conventional radiotherapy with carmustine for patients with glioblastoma multiforme: report of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 93-05 protocol.
Conditioning regimen was prescribed with BEAM (carmustine, etoposide, cytosine arabinoside, melphalan).
Among the treatments, topical carmustine (38.5%), NB-UVB (36.5%), and PUVA (26%) were the more commonly used modalities.
Therapeutically, three chemotherapy regimens were used in our patients (VAD: vincristine, adriamycin, dexamethasone protocol, VMCP: vincristine, melphalan, cyclophosphamide, prednisone protocol, VMCP/VBAP: VMCP/vincristine, carmustine, adriamycin, prednisone alternate protocol) in spaced treatments of 4 to 6 weeks associated with adjuvant therapies (bisphosphonates, antiemetics, and potassium).
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