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What is Doxorubicin?

Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy agent used in the treatment of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Kaposi's sarcoma 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
IBC (Inflammatory Breast Cancer) 3 2 Efficacy_major
Breast Cancer 1 0
Disease progression increased 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Ewing's Sarcoma of Bone 1 1 Efficacy_major

See 1 patient currently taking Doxorubicin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 3
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Doxorubicin

Nausea 3
Hair loss 2
Migraine headaches 1
Unintentional weight loss 1
Hand-Foot syndrome 1
Tiredness 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  50 mg weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxorubicin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 88%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 13%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Doxorubicin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Doxorubicin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Doxorubicin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Doxorubicin

Always
 5 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Doxorubicin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 40%
A little
 2 40%
Not at all
 1 20%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Doxorubicin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 50%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.