Drugs for chemotherapy generally fall into one of several categories. There are alkylating agents,
Anti-tumor antibiotics, Nitrosoureas, Antimetabolites, Topoisomerase Inhibitors, Mitotic Inhibitors, and Corticosteroid Hormones. This post concerns these more traditional treatments.
Simply for background I will organize these drugs into their categories. This is taken from Wikipedia and provides a good overview of the current state of chemotherapy.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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