Breast cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed tumor in women. Overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs) represents a biological subclass of breast cancer with distinct molecular alterations, clinical behavior and response to systemic therapy. In this study, we describe a novel compound (NRC-AN-019), which has better antitumor activity than Lapatinib.
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December 2011
Objectives: To characterise neonatal hospital drug use and to compare the availability of drug information between Estonian Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and other sources.
Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study in which pharmacotherapy information on neonates admitted to Tartu University Clinics between 1 February and 1 August 2008 and to Tallinn Children's Hospital between 1 February and 1 August 2009 was collected. Drug labelling status was determined according to Estonian SPCs, and neonatal information was compared with the British National Formulary for Children (BNFC) and the Thomson Micromedex database.
Administration of cyproheptadine hydrochloride (5 mg/kg/day) to old rats for 48 days stimulated spermatogenesis. It also initiated spermatogenesis in the abdominal testis of unilaterally cryptorchid rats after a 15-day treatment.
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