Words similar to chemotherapy
Example sentences for: chemotherapy
How can you use “chemotherapy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Despite drainage and systemic chemotherapy, the pleural effusion recurred 4 mo later (Figure S1C, right panel), at which time pleural fluid was collected for analysis.
The HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cell line responds in culture to sub-micromolar concentrations of retinoic acid ( all-trans and 13-cis ) by undergoing terminal differentiation to a granulocytic cell with the ability to phagocytose and reduce nitroblue tetrazolium [ 28 ] . The response to retinoic acid in HL-60 cells is dependent on the expression of the retinoic acid receptor RAR α [ 29 ] . The use of all-trans retinoic acid in differentiation therapy for patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia has resulted in prolonged, complete remissions when combined with cytotoxic chemotherapy, and may provide complete, long-term remissions as a single agent [ 30 ] .
Regarding various adjuvant systemic therapies, such as chemotherapy (CMF, FEC) and endocrine therapy (tamoxifen), no significant differences were observed with respect to DFS and OS in c- myc -amplified and HER-2 / neu -amplified NNBC patients in comparison with non-amplified patients.
Hematopoietic growth factors clearly increase the cytotoxicity of cytarabine to leukemia cells in vitro . [ 33 ] Clinically, however, they fail to increase remission rates when started from 24 to 48 hours before any chemotherapy.
Laboratory investigations support the capability of citrus peel or its major constituents, d-limonene, and also the ability of tea extract or its constituents, tea polyphenols to reduce not only the incidence and tumor size of chemically-induced tumors at several sites [ 4 8 9 17 18 20 22 ] but also the growth of various tumor cells in culture [ 11 33 ] . Both d-limonene, representative of citrus peel, and tea polyphenols, representative of black tea, are known to impact antiproliferative effects, including apoptosis, on neoplastic cells [ 4 34 35 36 37 ] . Dietary d-limonene has been shown to be effective in the chemoprevention and chemotherapy of cancer.
Loading...