Examples of using Caprelsa in English and their translations into Slovak
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Colloquial
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Official
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Medicine
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Financial
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Ecclesiastic
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Official/political
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Computer
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Programming
Your doctor may tell you to stop taking Caprelsa or take Caprelsa at a lower dose.
Caprelsa may also act directly on cancer cells to kill them
Caprelsa works by slowing down the growth of new blood vessels in tumours(cancers).
Keep in mind Caprelsa may make you feel tired,
This is because Caprelsa can affect the way some medicines work
Caprelsa is used to treat medullary thyroid cancer,
Caprelsa must not be used in patients who are taking certain other medicines that can prolong the QTc interval.
Caprelsa must not be used in people who are hypersensitive(allergic) to vandetanib or any of the other ingredients.
On average, patients taking Caprelsa lived for 30.5 months without their disease getting worse, compared with 19.3 months for patients taking placebo.
Patients treated with Caprelsa must be given the patient alert card
The active substance in Caprelsa, vandetanib, is a‘protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor'.
which contains important safety information that you need to know before you are given Caprelsa and during treatment with Caprelsa. .
all Healthcare Professionals who are expected to use and/or prescribe Caprelsa are provided with an Educational pack.
Caprelsa was compared with placebo(a dummy treatment)
The CHMP concluded that Caprelsa was shown to be effective in the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer although there were uncertainties about the size of the benefit in patients whose RET mutation status is negative or unknown.
The company that markets Caprelsa will ensure that doctors who are expected to prescribe Caprelsa receive educational material containing important safety information about Caprelsa,
How does Caprelsa work?
What is the risk associated with Caprelsa?
Therefore, the Committee recommended that Caprelsa be granted marketing authorisation.
The company that markets Caprelsa will carry out a study in patients with medullary thyroid cancer to compare the effects of Caprelsa in patients with and without the RET mutation.