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Food, Acid Supplementation and Drug Absorption - a Complicated Gastric Mix: a Randomized Control Trial. [PDF]

, 2019
PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of food on gastric pH and the ability of over the counter betaine hydrochloride (BHCl) acid to reacidify gastric pH after food-induced elevations in gastric pH.
Benet, Leslie Z, Frassetto, Lynda A, Surofchy, Dalga D   +2 more
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Overcoming the challenges of cancer drug resistance through bacterial-mediated therapy. [PDF]

, 2019
Despite tremendous efforts to fight cancer, it remains a major public health problem and a leading cause of death worldwide. With increased knowledge of cancer pathways and improved technological platforms, precision therapeutics that specifically target
Bivona, Trever G, Chang, Samantha, Hernández, Amanda C, Keasling, Jay D, Kothari, Ankita, Mao, Jian-Hua, Snijders, Antoine M, Wang, Jessica, Zargar, Amin   +8 more
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Patient reported medication-related problems, adherence and waste of oral anticancer medication over time

European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
Patients on oral anticancer therapy regularly experience medication-related problems (MRPs), potentially leading to non-adherence and medication waste. Most studies reporting these experiences have cross-sectional designs. The aim of our study was to explore patient reported MRPs, adherence and waste of oral anticancer medication over time.A ...
Patricia M L A van den Bemt, Margriet Y Blijham, Laura ten Broek, Jacqueline G Hugtenburg, Bart P H Pouls, Job F M van Boven, Charlotte L Bekker, Bart van den Bemt, Liset van Dijk   +8 more
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Acute kidney injury in critically ill cancer patients : an update [PDF]

, 2016
Patients with cancer represent a growing group among actual ICU admissions (up to 20 %). Due to their increased susceptibility to infectious and noninfectious complications related to the underlying cancer itself or its treatment, these patients ...
Benoit, Dominique, Lameire, Norbert, Van Biesen, Wim, Vanholder, Raymond   +3 more
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Pyridine-based chalcones as promising anticancer agents: Design, synthesis and in silico studies

Results in Chemistry
A novel class of chalcones were synthesized via the Claisen-Schmidt condensation of 6-chloropyridine-3-carbaldhyde with various ortho, meta, and para substituted acetophenones in the presence of a base and a polar protic solvent.
Sharad S. Sankhe, Vilas M. Mukadam
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Improving Outcomes in Cancer Patients on Oral Anti-Cancer Medications Using a Novel Mobile Phone-Based Intervention: Study Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols, 2014
BackgroundThe widespread and increasing use of oral anti-cancer medications has been ushered in by a rapidly increasing understanding of cancer pathophysiology.
Agboola, Stephen, Flanagan, Clare, Searl, Meghan, Elfiky, Aymen, Kvedar, Joseph, Jethwani, Kamal   +5 more
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Integrating mHealth in Oncology: Experience in the Province of Trento

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015
BackgroundThe potential benefits of the introduction of electronic and mobile health (mHealth) information technologies, to support the safe delivery of intravenous chemotherapy or oral anticancer therapies, could be exponential in the context of a ...
Galligioni, Enzo, Piras, Enrico Maria, Galvagni, Michele, Eccher, Claudio, Caramatti, Silvia, Zanolli, Daniela, Santi, Jonni, Berloffa, Flavio, Dianti, Marco, Maines, Francesca, Sannicolò, Mirella, Sandri, Marco, Bragantini, Lara, Ferro, Antonella, Forti, Stefano   +14 more
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USE OF ORAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MEDICATIONS IN NON-TRADITIONAL AMBULATORY SETTINGS [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Cancer is the second leading cause of death in economically developed countries. The use and availability of oral treatment for cancer has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. Few studies have described the use of oral chemotherapy in
Arora, Sameer
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Association between diabetes, diabetes treatment and risk of developing endometrial cancer. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundA growing body of evidence suggests that diabetes is a risk factor for endometrial cancer incidence. However, most of these studies used case-control study designs and did not adjust for obesity, an established risk factor for endometrial ...
Beresford, S, Chen, C, Chlebowski, R, Garcia, L, Kuller, L, Luo, J, Margolis, KL, Regier, M, Wactawski-Wende, J   +8 more
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The Association Between Patient-Reported and Objective Oral Anticancer Medication Adherence Measures: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Oncology Nursing Forum, 2016
Oral anticancer medication (OAM) use has been steadily increasing, leading to several patient benefits. A notable challenge for nurses is accurate monitoring of patient OAM regimens because nonadherence is associated with poor health outcomes and decreased survival. Currently, no gold standard measure of OAM adherence exists.
Thomas M, Atkinson, Vivian M, Rodríguez, Mallorie, Gordon, Isabelle K, Avildsen, Jessica C, Emanu, Sarah T, Jewell, Kimberly A, Anselmi, Pamela K, Ginex   +7 more
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