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Bone Cancer Information and Treatment
Bone cancer is a sarcoma that arises in the bone. The most familiar type of bone cancer is osteosarcoma, which develops in original tissue in augmenting bones. Another type of bone cancer, chondrosarcoma, arises in cartilage. Bone cancer impress over 2,000 people in the United States each year. It is found most often in the bones of the arms and legs, but it can occur in any bone. Bone tumors occur most commonly in children and adolescents and are less common in older adults. Cancer including the bone in older adults is most usually the result of metastatic spread from another tumor.
There are various different types of bone cancer. The most common tumours of bone involve the osteosarcoma, the sarcome Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsEffect of Methimazole Treatment on Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity
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Effect of methimazole treatment on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
  Abdel-Moneim M.Osman Ph.D., Marwa M.Nemnem M.Pharm.Sc.,Amany A.Emam,Ph.D.Wael T.Abou daif and Mohamed T.Khayyal Ph.D.
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 aAuthor for correspondence: Abdel-Moneim M.Osman, Pharmacology Dept.,College of Medicine, KAAU, Jeddah,P.O.box 80202, Saudi Arabia( Fax +96626408404, e.mail. moneimosman@hotmail.com
 Key Words : Methimazole, Doxorubicin, cardiotoxicity, interaction
Running title: Protective effect of methimazole
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1. Introduction
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Doxorubicin is the most widely used drugs in the treatment of a variety of human neoplasm (1,7).Unfortunately with increasing the use of doxorubicin, acute as well as chronic cumulative dose-dependent cardiomyopathy have been recognized as the major limiting factor of doxorubicin chemotherapy (21, 6).
Several mechanisms for the doxorubicin-induced cardio toxicity have been proposed, including membrane lipid per oxidation, Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsBone Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
Bone cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new tumors. Not all bone tumors are fatal in fact benign (non cancerous) abnormalities are more common than malignant ones. Most bone cancers are secondary and have been spread from another site. Primary bone cancer which starts in the bone is quite rare constituting less than one per cent of all malignant tumors. They are more common in males, especially in children and adolescents. The most common type of primary bone cancer is osteosarcoma. This type of carcinoma usually affects young adults. It can affect any bone, but the arms, legs and pelvis are more commonly affected. Other less common forms of primary bone cancer include Ewing sarcoma, Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsThe Minneapolis Urban League Receives National Attention and Unveils Collaborative Logo!
Breaking news the Minneapolis Urban League has gain national attention for their upcoming 1st Annual Minneapolis Urban League Prostate Cancer Awareness and Education Day on June 20, 2008.
Stephanie Chisolm, PhD – Director of Patient Education with the American Urological Association in Maryland says, “This is a great opportunity for the AMA to engage with the Minneapolis Urban League and their Social Wellness Cluster that does such a great job in the Twin Cities.â€Â  Mr. Theodus Mitchell with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says, “This is great and the CDC supports any efforts that the Minneapolis Urban League is involved in to address health disparities in communities of color.â€
Mr. James Hedley with the National Read the rest of this entry »
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