Thyroid Cancer
“Shaped like a butterfly she sits within the neck,” that’s what an anonymous poet wrote about the thyroid gland but it can become cancerous and spread to other parts.
Brand Names and Generic Names of Drugs for Treatment of Thyroid Cancer
Cabozantinib
Cabozantinib is an anti-neoplstic agent (kinase inhibitor), prescribed for medullary thyroid cancer.
Doxorubicin
Doxorubicin is a cytotoxic anthracycline antibiotic, prescribed for treating various types of cancer.
Trade Names :
Doxolem | Tevadox | Doxorubicin | Adrosal | Duxocin | Duxocin | Adriamycin (50 mg) | Adrim | Adrim (2 mg) | Cardia
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Drug Sodium Iodide-i-131
Drug Sodium Iodide-i-131 is a diagnostic agent, used to treat overactive thyroid gland and certain kinds of thyroid cancer.
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Sorafenib
Sorafenib is a kinase inhibitor, prescribed for renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer), hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).
Thyrotropin Alfa
Thyrotropin Alfa is a recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), used as an adjunctive diagnostic tool for serum thyroglobulin (Tg) testing with or without radioiodine in thyroid cancer patients.
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Thyroxine
Thyroxine is a thyroid hormone, prescribed for hypothyroidism, and thyroid cancer.
Trade Names :
Synox | Synox (0.037 mg) | Eltroxin | Thyrox (0.025mg) | Thyrox | Eltroxin (100 mcg) | Thyrosec (50 mcg) | Thyrox (0.05mg) | Thyrox | Thyrox (100 mcg)
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