Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: chemotherapy, type of chemotherapeutic drugs, Monoclonal antibodies, imatinib, Alkylating agents, anti metabolic drugs, Cisplatin, Oxaliplatin, Podophyllotoxin, Plant alkaloids, terpenoids, cell division, mitosis, cellular DNA,

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)

Last Updated on Jul 10, 2020

Types of Chemotherapy Drugs

Several types of chemotherapeutic drugs are employed to treat cancer. They function by inhibiting cell division.

Chemotherapeutic drugs may be be classified as follows -

Alkylating agents
Anti-metabolites
Plant alkaloids and terpenoids
Podophyllotoxin
Taxanes
Topoisomerase inhibitors
Antitumour antibiotics (L01D)
Monoclonal antibodies

Chemotherapy - References:

MacDiarmid J.A. et al. (2007)
"Bacterially Derived 400 nm Particles for Encapsulation and Cancer Cell Targeting of Chemotherapeutics" Cancer Cell 11, 431-445, May 2007

Published on Sep 06, 2014
Last Updated on Jul 10, 2020

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Sorry butch there was also an other mas called Roberto Aquiles EstÃ©vez that thought the use of chemotherapy all over the world...

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is it safe to have oral sex durning chemo treatments, my wife has treatment every three weeks

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CarolynSue Monday, August 22, 2011

Why wouldnt you use Chemo?

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