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- noun An
allosteric effector ofhaemoglobin that increases itsoxygen -carrying capacity and can be used to increase theefficacy of certainchemotherapy drugs .
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Researchers have been hunting for ways to improve radiation therapy, and drugs such as efaproxiral seemed promising, according to Ramesh Rengan, M.D.,
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BOSTON, Sept. 24 -- An investigational radiation sensitizer, efaproxiral (Efaproxyn), had no significant benefit for women whose breast cancers had spread to the brain, a researcher said here.
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They were treated with three Gray of whole brain radiation daily for 10 days, with or without efaproxiral delivered by a central venous access device.
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The finding contrasts with an earlier study that had seemed to show a benefit for women who got efaproxiral combined with whole-brain radiation, according to John Suh, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic.
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At three months, confirmed complete response and partial responses were seen in 31\% of efaproxiral patients and in 27\% of those in the control arm, but the difference was not significant.
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Median survival time was 8.5 months in the efaproxiral arm and 7.5 months in the control arm, which was not significant (
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