Lenvatinib is used to treat thyroid cancer after radioactive iodine has been tried without success. Lenvatinib is also used to treat liver cancer that cannot be removed with surgery. Lenvatinib is used together with everolimus (Afinitor) to treat advanced kidney cancer in people who have received one treatment course...
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For treating cancer. Brand Name(s): Lenvima. Generic Name: Lenvatinib.
Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that is usually spread through water, food, or soil contaminated by the urine of infected animals. Dogs and rats are the most common domestic animals that spread the infection to people. Symptoms of leptospirosis, if they develop, often begin suddenly and may include severe...
Leriche syndrome is the term used for a group of symptoms that are caused by a certain type of peripheral arterial disease of the legs. In Leriche syndrome, blood flow in the aorta is blocked in the stomach area. This blocks blood flow to the legs. Blood flow to the penis is also blocked. The following symptoms happen...
Let-down is the process by which milk is released from the milk glands to the milk ducts in preparation for breastfeeding. When a breastfeeding woman's breasts are stimulated by suckling or pumping, the pituitary gland produces the hormone oxytocin, which triggers the let-down reflex. Signs of let-down include: A...
Letermovir is an antiviral medicine used to help prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after a stem cell (bone marrow) transplant from a donor. Letermovir is for use in adults who are seropositive for CMV. Seropositive means that the virus is in your blood even if you do not show any symptoms of infection. . A...
For preventing viral infection. Brand Name(s): Prevymis. Generic Name: Letermovir.
For preventing viral infection. Brand Name(s): Prevymis. Generic Name: Letermovir.
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Letrozole lowers estrogen levels in postmenopausal women, which may slow the growth of certain types of breast tumors that need estrogen to grow in the body. Letrozole is used to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women. It is often given to women who have been taking tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox) for 5 years...
Letrozole and ribociclib are used together in combination to treat HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. This medicine is used when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Letrozole and ribociclib are two different medicines that are packaged together. Letrozole tablets are yellow and...
This medicine is used for the following purposes: infertility, cancer. Brand Name(s): Femara. Generic Name: Letrozole.
For treating cancer. Brand Name(s): Femara/Kisqali. Generic Name: Letrozole/Ribociclib.
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Leucovorin is a form of folic acid (a type of vitamin B). Folic acid helps your body produce and maintain new cells, and also helps prevent changes in DNA that may lead to cancer. A lack of folic acid in the body can cause anemia, a decrease in red blood cells that carry oxygen through your blood to your tissues and...
Leucovorin is a form of folic acid. Folic acid helps your body produce and maintain new cells, and also helps prevent changes to DNA that may lead to cancer. Folic acid is present in many foods such as dried beans, peas, oranges, spinach, and others. Leucovorin is used to reduce the side effects of large doses or...
This medicine is used for the following purposes: bone marrow disorder, cancer, vitamin deficiency. Generic Name: Leucovorin.
For bone marrow disorder. Generic Name: Leucovorin.
Leukemia is a type of cancer that happens when cells in your bone marrow become leukemia cells. Over time, these cells crowd out the healthy blood cells in your blood, bone marrow, and other tissues. There are four main types of leukemia: acute lymphoblastic (ALL), acute myeloid (AML), chronic lymphocytic (CLL), and...
What is leukemia? Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. It starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside most bones. Bone marrow is where blood cells are made. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of your body. Platelets help your blood clot. When you have...
Leukoplakia is a condition in which thick, hard, white patches form inside the mouth and cannot be wiped off. Leukoplakia is commonly caused by irritation, such as from the rubbing of a rough tooth or a poorly fitting denture, or from smoking or using smokeless tobacco. Leukoplakia may clear up if the source of the...
Keep your mouth healthy by focusing on leukoplakia risk reduction. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful. Kick the habits Avoid all tobacco products and limit your alcohol consumption to reduce the risk . Load up on antioxidants Take daily supplements of 50,000 to 100,000...
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Leuprolide overstimulates the body's own production of certain hormones, which causes that production to shut down temporarily. Leuprolide reduces the amount of testosterone in men or estrogen in women. Leuprolide is used in men to treat the symptoms of prostate cancer (but does not treat the cancer itself)...
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