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BREAST CANCER
Breast cancer is the presence of malignant breast nodule, mass or abscess.
Most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass in the breast. The lump or mass is usually painless, hard & irregular but it can also be tender, soft, rounded or painful.
Other signs & symptoms include breast pain or nipple pain, nipple discharge, nipple retraction and presence of breast skin changes (eg peau d' orange, nipple excoriation, scaling, inflammation, skin tethering, ulceration, abscess).
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Indication: Metastatic breast cancer. Advanced ovarian cancer in women who have failed a 1st-line platinum-based chemother...

Indication: Palliative treatment of hormone-dependent advanced prostate cancer. High-risk localized & locally advanced...

Halaven
eribulin mesylate

Indication: Locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have progressed after at least 2 chemotherapeutic regimen for...

Indication: In combination w/ letrozole for the treatment of postmenopausal women w/ estrogen receptor (ER) +ve, human epi...

Indication: Regression in neoplastic conditions eg, acute leukaemia, Wilms' tumour, neuroblastoma, soft tissue & bone ...

Indication: Tab: Multiple myeloma, advanced ovarian adenocarcinoma, breast carcinoma, polycythaemia rubra vera. Inj: Local...

Indication: Testosterone replacement therapy for male hypogonadism when testosterone deficiency has been confirmed by clin...

Indication: Primary treatment of ovarian cancer in combination w/ platinum agent. Metastatic ovarian or breast cancer, aft...

Indication: Adjuvant treatment of post-menopausal women w/ estrogen receptor +ve early breast cancer who have received 2-3...

Indication: In combination w/ fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for metastatic colon or rectum carcinoma. In combination...

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