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Purine antagonist, anti-metabolite, that is effective in childhood acute leukemia.
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Thiopurine
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Purine Antagonist, anti-metabolite, that is effective in chronic leukemia
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Fludarabine
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Antimetabolite that is effective against CML and Melanoma
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Ribonucleuotide Reductase Inhibitor:
Hydroxyurea |
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Ethyleneamine, alkylating agent that is used against bladder cancer that is active in acidic pH.
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Thiotepa
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Nistrosurea that is used to treat pancreatic cancer
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Streptozocin
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A triazine, alkylating agent, that is used against glioblastoma multiform
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Tomozolomide
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Epipodophyllotoxins, natural product, that is useful against testicular cancer?
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Etoposide
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Epipodophyllotoxins, natural product, used against lymphoblastic anemia
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Teniposide
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Adrenocorticoids that are used to treat Acute leukemia in children and malignant lymphomas in adults and children
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Prednisone, Prednisolone, Dexamethasone
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Aminoglutithiamide used against breast cancer
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Aromatase inhibitors
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Used in hormone dependent metastatic breast cancer and management of endometrial carcinoma previously treated by surgery or radiation
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Progesterone and Medroxyprogesterone
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A cytokine Used to incorporate cytolitic T-Cells to fight off cancer.
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Interleukin I
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A cytokine used to offset BMD and reduce the transfusions.
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Erythropoietin
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Used to increase neutrophil and granulocyte counts during chemotherapy induced neutropenia.
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Granulocyte colony stimulating factory
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Used in bone marrow grafts to speed recovery in bone marrow transplants, it also increases neutrophils
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Granulocyte/Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor
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Allows for the regulation of the immune system which serves to fight off viral conditions and certain cancers (hairy cell leukemias)
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Interferon Alpha
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A monoclonal antibody that is used in the Tx of non-hodgkins lymphoma
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Rituxan
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A monoclonal antibody that is used in the Tx of colorectal carcinoma. It is also FDA approved for the Tx of angiogenesis.
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Avastin
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Monoclonal antibody that has radioactive particles. It is used to Tx Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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Ibritumomab
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Monoclonal antibody that is coupled with Calicheamicin it is useful against acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Gentuzumab
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Used in CML, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors
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Gleevac
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Used in Renal cell carcinoma, and GIST in resistant gleevac cases
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Sutent
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Tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used in the Tx of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer refractory to platinum and cocetaxal treatment
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Iressa
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Uses cutaneous T-cell lymphocytes
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Zolinza
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