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Dr. Reeja Tharu
Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
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Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)
Last Updated on Dec 19, 2019
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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:

  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 Dec 19, 2019

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