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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a lymphoid neoplasm characterized by the presence of CD30-positive Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells in a background of inflammatory cells. The majority of patients with HL have a good outcome with first-line chemotherapy such as ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and
Background and Rationale:
The outcome for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with surgery alone remains dismal with a 5 year survival rate between 25% to 80% depending on the tumor stage and lymph node status. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens (Methotrexate, Vinblastine,
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. A report published by the WHO in February 2014, estimated there were 1.83 million new cases and 1.59 million deaths worldwide in 2012. The American Lung Association reports 399,431 Americans living with lung cancer, with an
The addition of estramustine to other chemotherapeutic agents that affect microtubule function may improve their efficacy15, 16, 17, 18. A phase III trial compared vinblastine versus the combination of vinblastine plus estramustine as treatment for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
Some of the drugs in this study have been used with DTIC (Dacarbazine) in the past to control Melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body. However, in most of those cases, the duration of these results are limited and ineffective to control or prevent spread of the disease into the brain,
1.0 Objectives
1.1 Primary objective
To investigate if the inversion of sequencing of multi - phase, intensity - modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), for the treatment of patients with high - risk prostate cancer, can improve the delivery of concurrent, weekly Docetaxel chemotherapy, in concert with long