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Gemcitabine
Gemcitabine hydrochloride is a cancer agent.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 33-year old asked:
Can I take anitacids while taken gemcitabine? Thanks in advance.
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A 34-year old asked:
What is Gemzar (gemcitabine)?
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A 51-year old asked:
What is the generic form of Gemzar (gemcitabine)?
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A 69-year old female asked:
Can gemcitabine be substituted for taxotere (docetaxel)?
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A 46-year old asked:
Gemzar (gemcitabine). What is likelihood of side effects?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the nature of gemcitabine/carboplatin side effects?
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A 44-year old asked:
How do I tell my daughter about a side effect of gemcitabine chemo?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Diagnosed with stage 4 pan can. Treated w/Gemcitabine/abraxane combo. Pretreatment ca19-9 was 486. Now ca19-9 is in normal range. What does this mean?
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A 41-year old asked:
Do you need a prescription for Gemzar (gemcitabine)?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can pregnant women take Gemzar (gemcitabine)?
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A 69-year old female asked:
What is the difference between gemzar (gemcitabine) & taxol? I have three stage 4 cancers.
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A 42-year old female asked:
In addition to gemcitabine, are there any new treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer (in older people)?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Gemzar (gemcitabine) carbo chemotherapy can cause leg edema for how long it will last after treatment is finished?
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A 45-year old asked:
How effective is gemcitabine (Gemzar) for treating lung cancer?
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A 45-year old asked:
How effective is the Docetaxel-Gemcitabine chemotherapy regimen for treating lung cancer?
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A 41-year old asked:
Do you know if there are less toxic chemotherapeutic agents than gemzar (gemcitabine) and carboplatin for treating bladder cancer?
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A 52-year old male asked:
What are typical side effects of liver cancer chemo therapy consisting of Gemcitabine + Oxaliplatin ( GEMOX) ?
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A 62-year old male asked:
In general, is Gemzar (gemcitabine) as chemo for pancreatic cancer more potent with many more side effects that most other agents, like 5-FU?
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A member asked:
Hello Doctors, my mum is undergoing chemo (Gemcitabine and Abraxane) for pancreatic cancer. Please advise what food & drinks to increase blood count.
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A 56-year old female asked:
My friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer that has metasticized to her lung. She was diagnosed 11 months ago and is currently being treated with PEGPH20 coupled with gemcitabine and nabpaclitaxel. She saw her 53rd birthday in July and we are expecting her
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A 26-year old female asked about a 58-year old female:
Mom going for chemotherapy(gemcitabine) for gallbladder cancer 4th stage with severe lung mets, she is with home oxygen, does chemo worthful?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is the success rate of a patient taking gemzar (gemcitabine) for metastatic breast cancer?
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A 25-year old female asked:
80 yrs old diagnosed with non small lung cancer (local), developed pneumonia after the first carboplatin gemcitabine treatment. Is it treatable?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Diagnoged with cutaneous tcell lymphoma .Treated with eletron beam.Interferon, gemcitabine, anthracycline, etoposide, procarbazine without improv.I'm 64 y?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Diagnoged with cutaneous tcell lymphoma nhl.Treated with eletron beam.Interferon, gemcitabine, anthracycline, etoposide, procarbazine.Nodules over body .?
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A 28-year old female asked:
My father 62 was this week diagnostiqued with pancreatic cancer with stomach and liver metastazis, next weeek will recive chemo with gemzar (gemcitabine)?
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A 74-year old male asked:
Is fluid retension in belly a side effect of carboplatin and gemcitabine. Had CT scan and lesion in lung has decreased by half.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Am I dying?
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A 19-year old asked:
Am I dying?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Im a nurse?
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