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2. Breast cancer chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Breast cancer chemotherapy. A woman being treated with docetaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer. Cold mittens and wine chilling devices are placed on her hands and feet to prevent deleterious effects on the nails. Similar strategies can be used to prevent hair loss. Breast cancer chemotherapy refers to the use of cytotoxic drugs (chemotherapy ...

3. Breast Cancer Treatment: Surgery, Radiation, and More

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   Learn about surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone treatments, and targeted drugs. Find out what defines the different stages of breast cancer and how they are treated. Learn about surgery ...

4. Chemo and Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

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   Drugs that target the HER2 proteins are the primary treatment for this type of breast cancer, given along with chemotherapy. Your oncology team may refer to these medications as “targeted ...

5. Chemotherapy Types and the Cancers They’re Used For

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   anti-tumor antibiotics. lung cancer. colorectal cancer. ovarian cancer. prostate cancer. corticosteroids. may be used to treat cancer or prevent gastric side effects or allergic reactions from ...

6. Chemotherapy: How It Works and How You'll Feel - WebMD

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   Chemotherapy drugs such as bleomycin, capecitabine, cyclophosphamide, dacarbazine, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, idarubicin, melphalan, and methotrexate can cause your nails to become darker. This is ...

7. How Chemotherapy Affects Your Body After Treatment - WebMD

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   If you're a woman, chemotherapy can damage your eggs and harm your ovaries. You may stop having regular menstrual cycles after treatment. Many women who have chemo go through menopause at an ...

8. Treatment Options for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer - WebMD

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   Targeted Therapy: Perjeta. Pertuzumab (Perjeta) treats HER2-positive early breast cancer, usually in combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy. It’s FDA-approved for neoadjuvant and adjuvant ...

9. Common Types of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer - Healthline

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   Some common drugs and chemotherapy regimens used for breast cancer today are: Regimen name (drug initials) List of drugs in treatment. CAF (or FAC) cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), doxorubicin ...