A chemotherapy medicine called melphalan is used to treat patients, but carries serious side effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [TOP STORIES - News 8 Austin] Reference

She did not report any grade 3 cardiac events in the patients on melphalan.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The trial uses the drug melphalan to treat patients with metastatic melanoma in the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference

Peripheral neuropathy was reported in 5% of the melphalan patients and 9% of the thalidomide patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Combination treatment of REVLIMID, melphalan, prednisone plus continuous REVLIMID has adequate tolerability.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

Delcath Systems to initiate Expanded Access Program for melphalan in patients with metastatic melanoma to the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

HQ induced global DNA hypomethylation at a level intermediate to melphalan (no effect) and etoposide (potent effect).    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

In the bortezomib/melphalan/prednisone group, the 125 patients who were available for evaluation received bortezomib 1.3 mg/m.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The overall survival in the melphalan group was 81% versus 84%, and, again, the differences did not reach statistical significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

"In vivo therapeutic synergy of SAR650984, a humanized anti-CD38 antibody, in combination with melphalan in a multiple myeloma xenograft".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"In vivo therapeutic synergy of SAR650984, a humanized anti-CD38 antibody, in combination with melphalan in a multiple myeloma xenograft".    From Wordnik.com.  [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference

I guess where I'm going is, this REVLIMID plus melphalan combination isn't necessary optimal, so are regulators comfortable with that combination?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celgene Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

Another combination is the randomized study comparing melphalan-prednisone-REVLIMID versus high-dose melphalan with autologous stem cell transplant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

"We can say that in this trial, both regimens appeared effective, but the melphalan-containing regimen had a better toxicity profile," Van Etten said.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The Delcath PHP System is an investigational system which is comprised of the chemotherapeutic agent melphalan combined with a proprietary administration system.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

Patients received REVLIMID, melphalan and prednisone for nine cycles and were then randomized either to continuous REVLIMID therapy or placebo from cycle 10 forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

It is important to note that the longer-term follow-up of the VELCADE-melphalan-prednisone combination, the VISTA trial, continues to show an overall survival benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

We found that rather than inducing cytogenetic alterations distinct from those induced by melphalan and etoposide, HQ induced alterations characteristic of each agent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Patients in the Phase III trial were randomized into one of two treatment arms, including immediate treatment with melphalan via the Delcath PHP System or treatment with BAC.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories]

Response rate to induction therapy was similar in both arms with an overall response rate of 80% in the melphalan-containing regimen and 81% in the thalidomide-containing regimen.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Revlimid in combination with the standard treatments melphalan and prednisone (MPR) did not do any better in delaying disease progression than those who took melphalan and prednisone (MP) alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [IBTimes.com RSS Feed] Reference

Oncology's 2010 Annual Meeting, comparing percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP) with melphalan to the best alternative care for patients with hepatic metastases from ocular or cutaneous melanoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Delcath Systems to initiate Expanded Access Program for melphalan in patients with metastatic melanoma to the liver WellPoint cancels Investor Day, schedules conference call to review 2010 financial outlook.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

In the Phase 3 VELCADE + melphalan and prednisone study, the safety profile of VELCADE in combination with melphalan/prednisone is consistent with the known safety profiles of both VELCADE and melphalan/prednisone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Both men sat and looked at the port catheter in Dashiell’s chest, into which doggedly dripped cyclophosphamide, melphalan, and etoposide.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Position] Reference

H, and compared the HQ-induced alterations with those induced by two well-known leukemogens, melphalan, an alkylating agent, and etoposide, a DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

1 VELCADE as Initial Standard Therapy: Assessment with melphalan and prednisone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

2 twice weekly for one six-week cycle, followed by once weekly for five five-week cycles in combination with oral melphalan 9 mg/m.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

But both regimens -- bortezomib/melphalan/prednisone or bortezomib/thalidomide/prednisone.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

The study found that VELCADE-melphalan-prednisone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference