Results from a Phase 1 Study of Sodium Selenite in Combination with Palliative Radiation Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Cancer. [PDF]
In preclinical studies, selenite had single agent activity and radiosensitized tumors in vivo. Here we report results from a Phase 1 trial in 15 patients with metastatic cancer treated with selenite (5.5 to 49.5 mg) orally as a single dose 2 hours before
Buyyounouski, Mark K+9 more
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Applicability of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network/Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Southeast Asia: A Consensus Statement. [PDF]
A meeting of regional experts was convened in Manila, Philippines, to develop a resource-stratified chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) management guideline. In patients treated with highly emetogenic chemotherapy in general clinical settings,
Abdullah, Matin M+5 more
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An unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma accompanied by catecholamine‐induced cardiomyopathy
ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Hugh O.J. Roberts+2 more
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ABSTRACT Background: Intravenous home chemotherapy (IHC) can reduce the frequency of hospital visits and positively affect the child's and the family's everyday life. Knowledge about IHC is needed to enhance evidence‐based provision and implementation. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an IHC intervention.
Louise Ingerslev Roug+9 more
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Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting is a distressing complication of surgery, and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists are often prescribed to prevent it.
A. Yokoi, T. Mihara, K. Ka, T. Goto
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Background: Previous studies showed that dexamethasone and ondansetron had effect on preventing shivering in surgeries under spinal anesthesia but comparison of the two drugs was not studied.
Mohammadreza Safavi+2 more
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Drugs Affecting 5-HT Systems [PDF]
Seminar transcriptIt was in the very early hours of a February morning in 1977 that I first looked down the microscope and saw yellow fluorescence, characteristic of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in frozen sections of Octopus brain. After struggling for two
Overy, C, Tansey, EM
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Persistent pleural effusion secondary to sarcomatosis in a dog
Abstract A 6‐year‐old, neutered, male German shepherd dog presented to the Emergency and Critical Care Service at the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center with bilateral pleural effusion. Thoracic computed tomography, among other diagnostics, failed to identify the cause of the pleural effusion.
Daniel N. Feinbloom+2 more
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Ondansetron VS Pethidine for The Prevention of Postoperative Shivering [PDF]
Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of ondansetron for prevention of postoperative shivering. Patients and Methods: The study was carried out on 40 patient ASA I or II scheduled for lower abdominal surgery.
Medhat Noaman, Fouad Mohamed, Adel Diab
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Involvement of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in the antidepressant-like effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 antagonists in mouse forced swimming test and tail suspension test. [PDF]
Recent evidence indicates that 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 (5-HT3) antagonists such as ondansetron and tropisetron exert positive behavioral effects in animal models of depression. Due to the ionotropic nature of 5-HT3 and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors,
Amini-Khoei, Hossein.+5 more
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