Cancer drugs

Cancer drugs

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

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Cancer drugs

The acetate salt of the radioisotope carbon-11. Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumour tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumours with positron ...

Cyproterone acetate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The acetate salt of a synthetic steroidal antiandrogen with weak progestational and antineoplastic activities. Cyproterone binds the androgen receptor (AR), thereby preventing androgen-induced ...

Amonafide L-malate

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The malate salt of amonafide, an imide derivative of naphthalic acid, with potential antineoplastic activity. Amonafide intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, resulting in DNA ...

Nanoparticle albumin-bound rapamycin

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The macrolide antibiotic rapamycin bound to nanoparticle albumin with immunosuppressant (see sirolimus) and potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities. Rapamycin binds to the immunophilin ...

Elacytarabine

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The lipophilic 5'-elaidic acid ester of the deoxycytidine analogue cytosine arabinoside (cytarabine; Ara-C) with potential antineoplastic activity. As a prodrug, CP-4055 is converted intracellularly ...

L-gossypol

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The levo-enantiomer of an orally bioavailable polyphenolic aldehyde, derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, with potential antineoplastic activity. Mimicking the inhibitory BH3 (Bcl-2 ...

Liposomal SN-38

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The liposomal formulation of SN-38 (7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin), a biologically active metabolite of the prodrug irinotecan, with potential antineoplastic activity. SN-38 binds to and inhibits ...