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alkylating agents
: method : examples : common side effects |
: alkylate DNA, crosslink strands or break
: methochlorethamine (mustard gas), cyclophosphamide (hemorrhagic cystitis), dicarbazine, procarbazine, cisplatin. : n/v, BM |
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antibiotics
: method : examples : common SE |
: from fungus. go inbetween DNA and uncoil
: doxorubicin, daunorubicin, bleomycin, dactinomycin (hem cystitis) ; |
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Epidophyllotoxins (plant derived
: method : examples : SE |
: inhibit Topo II by permanently binding DNA to Topo.
: etoposide : MB, n/v, hypersensitivty, neuropothy |
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Vinca Alkyloids
: method : example : SE |
: inhibits microtubular formation-->no spindle
: vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine : neurotoxic |
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Taxanes
: method : examples : SE |
: over abundance of microtubes.
: paclitaxel, docetaxel : BM, hypersensitivity, neuropathy |
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camptothecins
: method : examples : SE |
: Inhibit topo I--> DNA strand breakage.
: irinotecan, topotecan. : BM |
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Methotrexate
: method : SE |
: inhibits dihydrofolate reductase, no purines.
: BM, n/v, liver dysfunction. : leukemia |
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Fluorouracil (5-FU)
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: inhibit thymidylate syntetase, inhibit RNA synthesis
: BM, GI, handfoot syndrome |
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Gemcitabine
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: gets into DNA chain, results in elongatin?
: melosupression, fever |
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hydroxyurea
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: inhibits ribonucleotide reductase.
: BM depression |
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tamoxifen
: method : examples : SE |
: binds to estrogen receptors
: breast cancer |