- 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
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
Chemotherapy in india
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