Found 196 articles for: "chemotherapy"
Capecitabine-induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Palmoplantar Erythrodysesthesia
June 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 6 | Case Reports | 769 | Copyright © June 2012
Capecitabine is emerging as an important drug in the treatment of metastatic breast and colorectal cancers. Marketed as Xeloda ®, this prodrug is taken orally and readily absorbed. It is novel in ...
Read MoreCLINICAL TRIAL REVIEW
May 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 5 | Features | 671 | Copyright © May 2012
Clinical Trial Review is a JDD department designed to provide physicians with information on drugs and devices undergoing clinical testing. It is our goal to inform the reader of the status of select...
Read MorePIPELINE PREVIEWS
May 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 5 | Features | 668 | Copyright © May 2012
Pipeline Previews brings to you information on the newest drugs and medical products as they become available to the dermatologic community. This department may include additional information from th...
Read MoreImproved Texture and Appearance of Human Facial Skin After Daily Topical Application of Barley Produced, Synthetic, Human-like Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Serum
May 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 5 | Original Article | 613 | Copyright © May 2012
A three month, open-label, single center study was conducted to determine whether a uniquely derived serum containing ba...
Read MoreIn Vitro PLK1 Inhibition by BI 2536 Decreases Proliferation and Induces Cell-Cycle Arrest in Melanoma Cells
May 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 5 | Original Article | 587 | Copyright © May 2012
Melanoma is one of the most treatment-resistant malignancies and regardless of new therapeutic tactics the outcome remains dismal. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) has been shown to be over-expressed in a va...
Read MoreAdrenergic Urticaria and Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Patient With Melanoma: An Intricate Medical Management
March 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 3 | Case Reports | 409 | Copyright © March 2012
A 45-year-old woman with marital and working troubles, a personal history positive for malignant melanoma, and a family history of vitiligo presented with adrenergic urticaria (AU), which at first res...
Read MoreNovel Therapies for the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
February 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 2 | Features | 271 | Copyright © February 2012
Paclitaxel-Associated Subungual Pyogenic Granuloma: Report in a Patient With Breast Cancer Receiving Paclitaxel and Review of Drug-Induced Pyogenic Granulomas Adjacent to and Beneath the Nail
February 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 2 | Case Reports | 262 | Copyright © February 2012
Subungual and periungual pyogenic granuloma occur in association with certain systemic medications. Paclitaxel is an ant...
Read MoreEfficacy and Tolerability Assessment of a Topical Formulation Containing Copper Sulfate and Hypericum perforatum on Patients With Herpes Skin Lesions: A Comparative, Randomized Controlled Trial
February 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 2 | Original Article | 209 | Copyright © February 2012
Background: Topical Acyclovir has moderate efficacy on recurrent HSV symptoms, requiring repeat applications for several days. Topical Dynamiclear, which requires only a single dose application...
Read MoreTopical Bimatoprost for the Treatment of Eyebrow Hypotrichosis
January 2012 | Volume 11 | Issue 1 | Case Reports | 106 | Copyright © January 2012
Topical bimatoprost was FDA approved in December of 2008 for the treatment of eyelash hypotrichosis. Since its approval, some physicians have advocated the use of bimatoprost "off label" for hair grow...
Read MoreVesiculobullous Variant of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in a Caribbean Èmigrè
December 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 12 | Case Reports | 1469 | Copyright © December 2011
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) results from human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I infection and may present as a diverse array of cutaneous findings. Often these clinical manifestations...
Read MoreHair Regrowth Following a Wnt- and Follistatin- Containing Treatment: Safety and Efficacy in a First-in-Man Phase 1 Clinical Trial
November 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 11 | Original Article | 1308 | Copyright © November 2011
Research has shown the importance of follistatin, Wnt 7a, and wound healing growth factors on the stimulation of bulge cells and inter-follicular stem cells to induce hair growth. We have studied the ...
Read MoreA Review of the Chemopreventative Effects of Oral Retinoids for Internal Neoplasms
November 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 11 | Original Article | 1292 | Copyright © November 2011
With the recent data showing that psoriasis patients are at higher risk for systemic malignancies, there is a growing awareness for the need to minimize cancer risks in psoriasis patients. Retinoids a...
Read MorePIPELINE PREVIEWS
October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Features | 1215 | Copyright © October 2011
Pipeline Previews brings to you information on the newest drugs and medical products as they become available to the dermatologic community. This department may include additional information from the...
Read MoreMetallic Taste as a Side Effect of Topical Fluorouracil Use
October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Case Reports | 1201 | Copyright © October 2011
Topical fluorouracil is widely used for the treatment of precancerous and cancerous lesions of the skin. The most common side effect of this medication is localized irritant dermatitis. The authors re...
Read MoreTreatment of Interdigital Tinea Pedis: Once-Daily Therapy With Sertaconazole Nitrate
October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Original Article | 1135 | Copyright © October 2011
The treatment of cutaneous fungal infections has been shown to be directly affected by the extent of patients' adherence to therapy regimens that ar...
Read MoreEffect of Retinoid Pretreatment on Outcomes of Patients Treated by Photodynamic Therapy for Actinic Keratosis of the Hand and Forearm
October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Original Article | 1124 | Copyright © October 2011
Background/Objective: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been shown to be useful in ...
Read MoreProgram Spotlight: The Unified Division of Dermatology Residency Program of Albert Einstein College of Medicine
October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Features | 1122 | Copyright © October 2011
Resident Rounds is a section of the JDD dedicated to highlighting various dermatology departments with residen...
Read MoreA Noduloulcerative Disease That Still Lingers After All These Centuries
September 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 9 | Features | 1072 | Copyright © September 2011
Clinical Trial Review
August 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 8 | Features | 936 | Copyright © August 2011
Clinical Trial Review is a JDD department designed to provide physicians with information on drugs and devices undergoing clinical testing. It is our goal to inform the reader of the status of select ...
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