Neat comparison, Imclone erbitux/chemo side effect profile from todays data
The most frequent adverse event (any grade) was skin reaction (74%, cisplatin group; 92%, carboplatin group). The most frequent grade 3/4 adverse events in the group receiving cisplatin (n=27) regardless of relationship to study medication were leucopenia (56%), asthenia (33%), nausea/vomiting (26%), mucositis (15%), anemia (15%), thrombocytopenia (11%), diarrhea (7%) and anorexia (4%). Among patients receiving carboplatin (n=25), the most frequent grade 3/4 adverse events regardless of relationship to study medication were leucopenia (20%), thrombocytopenia (20%), asthenia (16%), mucositis (12%), anemia (8%), acne-like reaction (4%) and skin reaction (4%).
The most commonly reported adverse events occurring in more than 20 percent of patients, regardless of relationship to therapy, included acne-like rash (69%; grade 3/4, 1%) and fatigue (24%; grade 3/4, 4%). Additional grade 3/4 adverse events included vomiting (2%), nausea (1%) and diarrhea (1%). There was one treatment-related death due to infusion reaction.
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Geron Tvax side effect profile....none
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ok, not comparing apples to apples but......
Who here wants to comfort the parents of the soldiers below?
4005 brave American soldiers killed..sent to their death by a cowardly president called bush and the opposition that enabled it.
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