Cancer drugs

Cancer drugs

Drugs, agents used in the treatment of cancer or conditions related to cancer.

Industry: Pharmaceutical

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Pixantrone dimaleate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The dimaleate salt of a synthetic, noncardiotoxic aza-anthracenedione analogue with potential antineoplastic activity. Pixantrone intercalates into DNA and induces topoisomerase II-mediated DNA ...

Combretastatin A1 diphosphate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The diphosphate prodrug of the stilbenoid combretastatin A1, originally isolated from the plant Combretum caffrum, with vascular-disrupting and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, ...

The dihydrochloride salt of the 9-aminoacridine derivative quinacrine with potential antineoplastic and antiparasitic activities. Quinacrine may inhibit the transcription and activity of both basal ...

HER-2/neu intracellular domain protein

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The cytoplasmic domain or intracellular domain (ICD) of the HER2/neu protein that exhibits tyrosine kinase activity. Based on sensitization theory, co-administration of trastuzumab (anti-HER-2/neu ...

Nandrolone decanoate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The decanoate salt form of nandrolone, an anabolic steroid analogue of testosterone with androgenic, anabolic, and erythropoietin stimulating effects. Nandrolone enters the cell and binds to and ...

Radium-223 chloride

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The chloride salt of the radioisotope radium-223 with bone-targeting, radioisotopic and potential antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, short-lived alpha-particle-emitting radium-223 ...

Calcium carbonate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The carbonic salt of calcium (CaCO3). Calcium carbonate is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis, as an antacid in gastric hyperacidity for temporary relief of indigestion and ...