Tag: anthracycline

Anthracycline: A type of chemotherapy drug widely used to treat breast cancer. Examples include doxorubicin and epirubicin. Anthracyclines work primarily by inhibiting DNA replication in rapidly growing cancer cells. Anthracyclines also trigger cell death by damaging cell mitochondria.

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06/24/25
Breast cancer treatment does not lead to Alzheimer's disease
05/30/12
Fish oil might promote doxorubicin-induced heart damage
02/15/12
Grapes might help protect against doxorubicin-induced heart damage
12/15/11
Kaempferol protects against doxorubicin-induced heart damage
12/07/11
Modern chemotherapy reduces BC death by about a third
12/01/11
Trastuzumab + anthracycline chemo increases risk of cardiomyopathy
11/09/11
Curcumin reduces breast cancer resistance to doxorubicin
09/24/11
Caffeine may reduce the effectiveness of doxorubicin chemotherapy
07/11/11
Taking Celebrex might reduce effectiveness of chemotherapy
11/03/10
Chemotherapy resistance is accompanied by more BC stem cells

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