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Injecting newborn mice with a niacin blocker caused skin, gut, and brain damage similar to human pellagra.

Chemotherapy provides symptom relief and extends life in 30-50% of gynecological cancer cases, but has only cured choriocarcinoma.

The document explains how the immune system reacts to organ transplants and the treatments used to prevent rejection.

Methotrexate treats various disorders by inhibiting DNA synthesis, but careful monitoring is needed to avoid toxicity and manage side effects.

Most pediatric cancer patients at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania experienced side effects from chemotherapy, with nausea, hair loss, and low white blood cell count being the most common.

The document concludes that systemic therapy is becoming more important in treating head and neck cancer, with new treatments showing promise.

About 30% of women feel they lose too much hair, often starting before age 40, and most can't find a reason for it.

Chemotherapy can cause skin problems like hair loss, mouth sores, and skin darkening, and recognizing these can affect treatment decisions.

Bimatoprost is a safe and effective treatment for making eyelashes longer, thicker, and darker.

Chemotherapy often causes patterned hair loss, with some scalp areas more resistant to hair loss than others.

The conclusion is to use scalp cooling, gentle hair care, and treatments like minoxidil for managing hair loss from chemotherapy, and stresses the need for more research and collaboration in this area.

Azathioprine's effectiveness and safety require careful monitoring and more research, especially regarding its use with corticosteroids and the role of TPMT status in patients.

Antiandrogens have important biological effects, but more research is needed to understand them fully and compare their effectiveness and side effects to other treatments.

Liposomes show promise in cancer treatment by delivering drugs with less toxicity and improved effectiveness.

Children's hair loss can be caused by many factors, including autoimmune diseases, emotional stress, genetics, and infections, with treatment and prognosis varying.

Methotrexate side effects vary by race and sex.

Chemotherapy can cause skin side effects that affect patients' lives, but they can be managed to avoid interrupting cancer treatment.

Topical 5-Fluorouracil can rarely cause nerve damage, especially in people with a certain genetic deficiency.

Both treatments for localized alopecia areata are equally effective.

Some drugs can cause reversible hair loss, but certain chemotherapy drugs may lead to permanent hair loss; drugs can also change hair color and texture.

Dermatologists should carefully manage hair loss in cancer patients to improve their quality of life.

Alopecia areata often starts around age 23, can be permanent in 30% of cases, and treatments are usually temporary.

Chemotherapy in the first trimester of pregnancy is risky, but in the second and third trimesters, it's generally safe with careful drug selection and timing.

Anticancer drugs are increasingly found in surface waters, and their long-term environmental effects are not well understood, requiring better testing methods.

Chemotherapy can cause various skin reactions, with hair loss being the most common, and proper diagnosis and treatment of these reactions are important.

Polymeric nanoparticles show promise for treating skin diseases.

Interferon alfa-2a is effective for treating cutaneous T cell lymphoma but has significant side effects.

Antiandrogens like flutamide are effective in treating conditions like prostate cancer and hair loss, but there's a need for more potent versions. Understanding their structure can help develop better treatments.

Chemotherapy-induced hair loss significantly affects patients' well-being, and nurses are key in helping them cope, but more research is needed to find effective treatments.

DrugNet effectively identifies new uses for existing drugs and may save resources in drug development.