Recent news on Vinblastine

Zidovudine Syrup (Zidovudine capsule) Information  -  May 18, 2007
American Chronicle,Adriamycin, amphotericin B, dapsone, flucytosine, interferon, pentamidine, vinblastine, vincristine: May increase risk of toxicity, including nephrotoxicity

Potential new treatment for desmoid fibromatosis  -  Apr 29, 2007
News-Medical.net,The study found that the combination treatment of vinblastine and methotrexate can reduce tumor size or block tumor growth in most children, according to a

Poster on Cyclosert(TM) Drug Delivery Presented at AACR Meeting  -  Apr 16, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The conjugate was also compared to vinblastine, an agent with a similar mechanism of action to tubulysin A. Vinblastine was found to be significantly less

Significance Of Multidrug-Resistance Protein In Renal Clear Cell ...  -  Apr 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Focusing exclusively on Stage I patients, the authors found the addition of adjuvant vinblastine therapy improved outcome and that elevated levels of MDR-1

A LONELY STRUGGLE  -  Apr 5, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,He began chemo treatments at Jefferson, receiving an intravenous combination called ABVD, for the drugs Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine.

DuPont Does The DNA Dance  -  Mar 27, 2007
IndustryWeekFor example, MIT recently demonstrated the biosynthesis of a Hodgkins lymphoma drug (vinblastine) via manipulating the American periwinkle plant,

High Throughput Cell Cycle Analysis using Microplate Cytometry  -  Feb 1, 2007
HTScreening (press release),...iodide stained fixed cells in microplates. We demonstrate that paclitaxel and vinblastine arrested CHO cells in the expected phase of the cell cycle.

Cancer treatments better but could be 'phenomenal'  -  Feb 23, 2007
Iowa City Press Citizen,Hodgkin's most often is treated with a combination of four drugs: Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine. A combination of radiation therapy and

Toxin found to attack cancer, not healthy cells, in mice  -  Feb 20, 2007
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,The test compound worked just as well as two traditional chemotherapy drugs, paclitaxel and vinblastine. But while those drugs caused side effects familiar

Patients with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at Risk for Heart Attack Later in ...  -  Feb 16, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),...treatment with anthracyclines, vincristine, or the chemotherapy regimen consisting of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine.

Patients with Hodgkin’s at Risk for Heart Attack Later in Life  -  Feb 14, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),...treatment with anthracyclines, the chemotherapy agent vincristine, or the chemotherapy regimen consisting of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine,

Vinorelbine/Cisplatinum May Help Bladder Cancer Patients ...  -  Feb 9, 2007
DG News...advanced bladder cancer produced a response rate that was more or less equal to the standard MVAC therapy [methotrexate; vinblastine; adriamycin;

Sea Creature's Toxin Could Lead To Promising Cancer Treatment  -  Feb 7, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...tumor cells under the skin of m ice and treating them with either paclitaxel (Taxol) or vinblastine - both approved drugs currently used - or AB-5.

Hodgkin's Therapy Raises Long-Term MI Risk  -  Feb 7, 2007
MedPage Today,..."Vincristine has been associated with autonomic cardio neuropathy and this association distinguishes it from vinblastine, for which raised myocardial

Risk for fatal MI persists 25 years after Hodgkin's treatment  -  Feb 7, 2007
TheHeart.Org,MI risk was particularly high for patients treated with the doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine regimen (SMR 9.5; 95% CI 3.5-20.6).

Sea creature's toxin could lead to promising cancer treatment  -  Feb 6, 2007
PressZoom (press release),...tumor cells under the skin of m ice and treating them with either paclitaxel ( Taxol ) or vinblastine – both approved drugs currently used – or AB-5.

Sea Creature's Toxin Could Lead to Promising Cancer Treatment  -  Feb 6, 2007
YubaNet,...tumor cells under the skin of m ice and treating them with either paclitaxel (Taxol) or vinblastine – both approved drugs currently used – or AB-5.

Sea squirts' toxins may prove panacea for cancer  -  Feb 6, 2007
DailyIndia.com,...colon cancers) under the skin of mice and treating them with either paclitaxel (Taxol) or vinblastine - both approved drugs currently used - or AB-5.

Mistletoe Prompts Christmas Kisses, Won't Cure Cancer (Update1)  -  Dec 22, 2006
BloombergVinblastine and vincristine come from the periwinkle and are used in chemotherapy regimens. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Taxol is derived from the yew tree

Business News  -  Dec 20, 2006
American Digital Networks (press release),In vitro studies indicate that ertapenem does not inhibit P-glycoprotein-mediated transport of digoxin or vinblastine and that ertapenem is not a substrate

Mistletoe Prompts Christmas Kisses, Won't Cure Cancer (Update1)  -  Dec 22, 2006
BloombergVinblastine and vincristine come from the periwinkle and are used in chemotherapy regimens. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Taxol is derived from the yew tree

Business News  -  Dec 20, 2006
American Digital Networks (press release),In vitro studies indicate that ertapenem does not inhibit P-glycoprotein-mediated transport of digoxin or vinblastine and that ertapenem is not a substrate

Hycamtin® (topotecan HCl) Indication Expanded To Include Treatment ...  -  Dec 8, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin every 28 days). However, the MVAC arm was closed after 64 patients were enrolled, due to excessive toxicity.2

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