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   Low-dose chemotherapy

   Low-dose Chemotherapy is being studied/used in the treatment of cancer to avoid the side effects of conventional chemotherapy. Historically, oncologists have used the highest possible dose that the body can tolerate in order to kill as many cancer cells as possible.
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   Insulin potentiation therapy

   Insulin potentiation therapy (IPT) is an alternative medicine pharmacologic strategy for the chemotherapy of cancer using insulin and low-dose chemotherapy.
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   Experimental cancer treatment

   In insulin potentiation therapy (IPT), insulin is given in conjunction with low-dose chemotherapy.
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   Desmoplastic small round cell tumor

   Some patients in remission or with inoperable tumor seem to benefit from long term low dose chemotherapy, turning desmoplastic small round cell tumor into a chronic disease.
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   Medical procedure

   Low-dose chemotherapy
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   Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor

   High dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. This therapy uses chemotherapy at doses high enough to completely suppress the bone marrow.
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   Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

   - Low-dose conventional chemotherapy: Studies have shown no influence from low-dose conventional chemotherapy on JMML patients’ length of survival.
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   Folic acid

   Low doses of methotrexate can deplete folate stores and cause side effects that are similar to folate deficiency. ... "The use of folates concomitantly with low-dose pulse methotrexate".
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   Clinical trials with surprising outcomes

   "Conventional-dose chemotherapy compared with high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for metastatic breast cancer.
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    Chemotherapy

    Dosage of chemotherapy can be difficult: If the dose is too low, it will be ineffective against the tumor, whereas, at excessive doses, the toxicity (side-effects, neutropenia) will be intolerable to the patient. ... Depending on the patient, the cancer, the stage of cancer, the type of chemotherapy, and the dosage, intravenous chemotherapy may be given on either an inpatient or an outpatient basis.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Low-dose chemotherapy,
• Insulin potentiation therapy,
• Experimental cancer treatment,
• Desmoplastic small round cell tumor,
• Medical procedure,
• Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor,
• Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia,
• Folic acid,
• Clinical trials with surprising outcomes,
• Chemotherapy