Generic drug: procarbazine hydrochloride Brand name: Matulane What is Matulane (procarbazine hydrochloride), and how does it work? Matulane (procarbazine hydrochloride) Capsules is a cancer medication that is given with other cancer medications to treat Hodgkin's Disease (a type of blood cancer). What are the side effects of Matulane? WARNING It is recommended that Matulane be …
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Generic drug: levoleucovorin Brand name: Fusilev What is Fusilev (levoleucovorin), and how does it work? Fusilev (levoleucovorin) is a derivative of folic acid indicated for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and bone cancer (after methotrexate therapy). What are the side effects of Fusilev? Common side effects of Fusilev include: nausea vomiting diarrhea stomach pain upset stomach numbness or tingling …
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Generic drug: pegfilgrastim Brand name: Neulasta What is Neulasta (pegfilgrastim), and how does it work? Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) is a colony-stimulating factor, a man-made form of a protein that stimulates the growth of white blood cells, used to decrease the incidence of infection, by treating neutropenia, a lack of certain white blood cells caused by receiving cancer chemotherapy. What are the …
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Generic drug: chlorambucil Brand name: Leukeran What is Leukeran (chlorambucil), and how does it work? Leukeran (chlorambucil) is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of Chronic Lymphatic (Lymphocytic) Leukemia and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Leukeran may be used alone or with other medications. Leukeran belongs to a class of drugs called Antineoplastics, Alkylating. It is not known if Leukeran is …
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Generic drug: enasidenib Brand name: Idhifa What is Idhifa (enasidenib), and how does it work? Idhifa (enasidenib) is a prescription medicine used to treat people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) mutation whose disease has come back or has not improved after previous treatment(s). It is not known if Idhifa is safe and effective in children. …
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What is a sentinel lymph node biopsy? Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped structures that contain cells from the immune system. They filter substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid and are connected to lymph vessels. Lymph nodes can also contain cancer cells that have spread from the site of the cancer into the lymphatic fluid. The sentinel lymph nodes are …
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Generic drug: dacomitinib Brand name: Vizimpro What is Vizimpro (dacomitinib), and how does it work? Vizimpro (dacomitinib) is a prescription medicine used to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic): As your first treatment if your tumor has certain types of abnormal epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene(s). Your healthcare provider …
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Generic drug: Gallium Ga 68 PSMA-11 Brand name: Gallium Ga 68 PSMA-11 What is Gallium Ga 68 PSMA-11 Injection, and how does it work? Gallium Ga 68 PSMA-11 Injection is a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial …
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What is an embolization procedure? The side effects of embolization if general anesthesia is used include nausea, headache, and confusion. Embolization is a therapeutic procedure to selectively block blood flow in a specific area in the body. Embolization is performed by placing medications or synthetic materials, known as embolic agents, inside a blood vessel. The embolic agents come together to …
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Generic drug: selinexor Brand name: Xpovio What is Xpovio (selinexor), and how does it work? Xpovio is a prescription medicine used: in combination with dexamethasone to treat adults with multiple myeloma (MM) that has come back (relapsed) or that did not respond to previous treatment (refractory), and who have received at least 4 prior therapies, and whose disease did not …
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