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Antineoplastics (Cancer drugs)

Antineoplastics are drugs that treat cancer — inhibit or prevent the growth or development of malignant cells. They include alkylating agents, antibiotics, antimetabolites and antimitotic agents. Cytotoxics can be also used as antineoplastics. Ask questions or look for information about antineoplastics here.

burning sensations in the legs caused by chemotherapy?

My sister is 42 years old and currently undergoing chemo therapy for her breast cancer. The prognosis is good so far, but I must admit that I never thought chemo could be so hard. It started with some minor burning sensations in the legs, but now the situation is much worse. Hair loss, appetite...

by User avatar tallia44994

FLUDARABINE (Fludara) is a good chemotherapy agent

Some people from my support group are convincing me that Fludarabine (Fludara) is the best medication ever in treatment of CLL (chronic lymphocyte leukemia). Is it really? After reading some articles, I am not that sure. I have only few days to decide my next therapy treatment with my doctor and...

by User avatar zerk35892

Phenoxodiol

Hi, my friend is suffering from prostate cancer and he is dealing with this severe disease very well. Some time ago he heard for drug called phenoxodiol which was announced as anti cancer drug of new generation. He was very interested about this drug so I would like to know if someone had some...

by User avatar robinet42409

Hydrazine sulfate

Hi, my very good friend is suffering from lung cancer for more than a year. It was very hard for me when he told me that tumor was found in his lungs. Since then I have started to read many articles about anti cancer medications and among all possible information I found hydrazine sulfate. Some...

by User avatar frans197165720

Neulasta candidate for breast cancer

Hi, my sister is 37 years old and she is suffering from breast cancer. She received one cycle of chemotherapy but she felt very bad and she had problem with neutropenia, low white blood cell count with fever. Now she need to receive another cycle of chemotherapy and her doctor suggested her...

by User avatar belle83865722

Taxol bad reaction

Hi, my sister is suffering from ovarian cancer and she is 53 years old. Also she had problems with high blood pressure much before cancer was diagnosed. When she last time visited her doctor he suggested her Taxol and told her that this medication showed very good results in struggle against ovarian...

by User avatar elfrida188762252

Taking fludara after chemo??

My sons friend has been suffering from leukemia for several years but he never intended to give up. SO, recently he has been through series of radiotherapies and those weakened him a lot. He has been prescribed with Fludara to use it after chemo, and as I have heard, that is a drug used only if...

by User avatar kessiah36162

Enzymes affected by Nitrosoureas

Hi... Im doing a projoect on different chemo-agents... One of them is nitrosoureas but i can't seem to find any sufficiently in-depth information on it. All internet sources say "it affects enzymes that help repair DNA" and the books i've found only focus on the chemical reactions. I'd like to know...

by User avatar Guest

Breast cancer drug' study welcomed

A study that gives knowledge about the effectiveness of drugs used for treating breast cancer is always very welcome. This study involved two chemotherapy drugs, docetaxel (Taxotere) and paclitaxel (Taxol) and 449 women with advanced breast cancers whose treatments had failed before. Both of these...

by User avatar Danny

switching chemo

Hi, my friend is suffering from thyroid gland cancer and she was on chemotherapy for few months when her doctor decided to switch her chemo and give her other chemotherapy. When she started with chemotherapy tumor was pretty big and with time it became smaller. I don't know why did doctor made such...

by User avatar astra34005