Usage of Anticancer Drugs in Japan and US

Factors Influencing Social Media Usage in the US

Given the immense shifts the social networking sites and applications have brought about, a considerable number of researchers in the field of communication studies have turned to study different aspects of social media usage and factors influencing it. This study gathered data from 33318 US non-institutionalized citizens over 18 including 17079 females and 16239 males; they were members of web...

Natural Based Anticancer Drugs and Their Worthiness

Involvement of anticancer drugs in the relief system for adverse drug reactions in Japan.

OBJECTIVE The compensation scheme for adverse drug reactions in Japan was implemented more than three decades ago as relief system by regulatory agencies. Because of the high frequency of adverse drug reactions, anticancer drugs have been excluded from coverage by the relief system since its implementation. Requests have recently been made by some patient advocates for the expansion of relief c...

Comparison of contamination levels on the exterior surfaces of vials containing platinum anticancer drugs in Japan.

Contamination of the external surface of anticancer drug vials supplied to hospital pharmacies has been recognized as a potential health hazard. The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of contamination on the exterior surface of vials containing platinum anticancer drugs in Japan. Platinum contamination on the exterior surface of vials containing cisplatin or carboplatin was examine...

DNA Intercalators and Using Them as Anticancer Drugs

Many anticancer drugs in clinical use interact with DNA through intercalation, which is process that starts with the transfer of the intercalating molecule from an aqueous environment to the hydrophobic space between two adjacent DNA base pairs. In general, intercalatig agents are two types: monofunctional and bifunctional. Monofunctional intercalators contain one intercalating unit and Bifunct...