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Types of Chemotherapy Drugs

Dr. Reeja Tharu
Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Dr. Sunil Shroff
Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)
Last Updated on Jul 10, 2020
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Types of Chemotherapy Drugs

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

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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:

  1. MacDiarmid J.A. et al. (2007)
  2. "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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