types of chemotherapeutic drug
Last reviewed 01/2018
Chemotherapeutic drug groups include:
- antimetabolites - 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate
- antibiotics - Mitomycin C, bleomycin, mithramycin, actinomycin D Intercalating agents - adriamycin daunorubicin mitoxantrone
- plant alkaloids - vincristine, vinblastine, vindesine VP16
- platinum derivatives - cisplatinum, carboplatinum
- alkylating agents - cyclophosphamide, mustine, CCNU, DTIC, chlorabucil
- enzymes - asparaginase
- miscellaneous - hydroxyurea, procarbazine
- hormones - corticosteroids, sex hormones
- biological response modifiers:
- immunoadjuvants - BCG
- immunorestoratives - levamisole, lymphokines
- others - retinoids, polyamines, interferons