Showing posts with label Chemotherapy Drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chemotherapy Drugs. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Chemotherapy in india

  • Cytotoxic agents - Drugs that destroy cancer cells. Common types of cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs include Alkylating agents modify/damage cancer cell DNA and block the replication of DNA, therefore interfering with the growth of cancer cells.
  • Anti-tumor antibiotics work against cancer cell changes and inhibit them .
  • Mitotic inhibitors slow cancer cell division or hinder certain enzymes necessary in the cell reproduction process.
  • Immunotherapy is intended to boost the recognition of cancer cells by the body's immune system, thereby helping the body to destroy cancer cells.
  • Cellular therapy involves the use of immunologic cells that selectively kill cancer cells.
  • Radio-Pharmaceuticals are substances that are inbuilt with radioactive markers and work to selectively deliver radiation therapy to cancer cells.
  • Anticancer antibodies are specially engineered antibodies given and target cancer cells for removal by the immune system.
  • Anticancer vaccines contain agents intended to help the immune system more readily recognize cancer cells as foreign and fight to eliminate them