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Doxorubicin or hydroxyldaunorubicin is a drug widely used in cancer chemotherapy. It is an anthracycline antibiotic and structurally closely related to daunomycin, and also intercalates DNA. It is commonly used in the treatment of a wide range of cancers. The drug is administered by injection. It may be sold under the brand names Adriamycin PFS, Adriamycin RDF, or Rubex. Doxil is a liposome-encapsulated dosage form of doxorubicin made by Ben...

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Doxil? - 11 replies

When does Doxil go off patent? Do we expect a generic drug manufacturer to develop and market will probably never make it to market...Procrit is a lost cause...we no longer have Velcade...

Jul 09, 2008
DOXIL - 3 replies

why they are doing doxil instead of carboplatin and taxol. Here that is usually the first line it goes for her. GailI don't know what to tell you.I went through Doxil for 6 rounds...

Jul 31, 2008
Response to Doxil upon recurrence with ^CA125 - 2 replies

/first 2 rounds also w/doxil under clinical trial (kicked off because no hematologic recovery ) --CA125 on CT scan -- Started Doxil Feb 3 of 2008 and just finished 6 cycles -- tumors have shrunk

Jul 05, 2008

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is it normal for CA 125 to rise after 2nd chemo with Doxil?
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I've read where it can take up to the 4th treatment for your CA125 to go down when on Doxil. Is there a reason for it tak...
Low Dose Doxil treatment

Dear Doctor: This is an update on my low dose Doxil treatment. As I have posted in the past M.D. Anderson suggested l...

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If you have Kaposi's Sarcoma and are given DOXIL chemo - is limb amputation still...
My mom had a liver transplant 12 years ago. She is now battling KS -...

I guess the Doxil really is for systemic treatment. Does mom have a good Oncologist? If there is no indication of mets outside the affected limb, the amputation...

Asked by jourdepaye - 22 months ago

does doxil work for multiple myeloma?
my friend is 70 years old and has had multiple myeloma for 10years. does anyone...

Well her oncologist should be able to give her the stats. How many more people survive after 5 years out of 100 that take it vs the number of people...

Asked by Paul K - 19 months ago

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