Cancer drugs

Cancer drugs

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

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Cancer drugs

The fruit of Cassia acutifolia and Cassia angustifolia (Cassia) with laxative and purgative activities. The active ingredients in senna fruit include the hydroxyanthracene glycosides sennosides A and ...

5-(18F)fluorouracil

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The fluorine-18 (18F)-radiolabeled pyrimidine analogue 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with positron-emitting activity. Upon administration, 5-(18F)fluorouracil distribution in tumour tissue may be measured ...

Chamomile

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The flower-heads of either the plant Anthemis nobilis or the plant Matricaria chamomilla. Chamomile has a warm aromatic odour and a very bitter taste and contains volatile oils which are a mixture of ...

Monoclonal antibody Me1-14 F(ab')2

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The F(ab)2 fragment of Me1-14, a murine IgG2a monoclonal antibody directed against proteoglycan chondroitin sulfate-associated protein expressed by gliomas and melanomas. By binding to proteoglycan ...

Custirsen sodium

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The eicosasodium salt of a mixed-backbone antisense oligodeoxynucleotide with chemosensitizing properties. Custirsen inhibits testosterone-repressed prostate message-2 (TRPM-2). Administration of ...

Interleukin-2 gene

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The DNA sequence that encodes the protein cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2). When introduced as the complementary DNA (cDNA) form into tumour cells by, for example, a genetically engineered adenovirus ...

Interleukin-12 gene

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

The DNA sequence that encodes the protein cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12). When introduced as the complementary DNA (cDNA) form into tumour cells by, for example, a genetically engineered adenovirus ...