hochdosierte Stosstherapie mit Infusionen

English translation: high-dose bolus therapy with infusions

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German term or phrase:hochdosierte Stosstherapie mit Infusionen
English translation:high-dose bolus therapy with infusions
Entered by: casper (X)

13:09 Apr 12, 2012
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Medical - Medical (general) / Oncology
German term or phrase: hochdosierte Stosstherapie mit Infusionen
The expression appears in a man's description of his cancer treatment and I'm not sure what "Stosstherapie" means here.
Johanna Holmberg (X)
Local time: 13:22
high-dose bolus therapy with infusions
Explanation:
As in:

The initial use of IL-2 in RCC combined high-dose bolus therapy with the infusion of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells [3].
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/immunotherapy-of-renal-cell...
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4 +3high-dose bolus therapy with infusions
casper (X)
4high IV loading doses
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)


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high IV loading doses


Explanation:

"...consisting of a high IV loading dose followed by oral dosing would be most practica ble for outpatients..."

http://tinyurl.com/cdetjpa


Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
Germany
Local time: 13:22
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  uyuni: *loading dose* ist doch eher *Aufsättigung*, oder?
5 hrs
  -> und beides steht für die Gabe hoher Dosen zur schnellen Erreichung einer therapeutischen Wirkstoffkonzentration = Stoßtherapie!!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
high-dose bolus therapy with infusions


Explanation:
As in:

The initial use of IL-2 in RCC combined high-dose bolus therapy with the infusion of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells [3].
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/immunotherapy-of-renal-cell...

casper (X)
PRO pts in category: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  uyuni
1 hr
  -> Thanks, uyuni

agree  Lirka: given as bolus [infusion].see here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17142825
2 hrs
  -> Yes, "administered as high-dose bolus infusion". Thank you

neutral  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): bolus particularly refers to a short application time, which is in cotrast to "mit Infusionen": "Das Gegenteil einer Bolusinjektion ist die auf Stetigkeit ausgelegte Dauerinfusion" http://flexikon.doccheck.com/Bolusinjektion
12 hrs

agree  SJLD
17 hrs
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