Types Of Chemotherapy

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Chemotherapy Drugs For Cancer

Another category of chemotherapy drugs for cancer are one consisting of antimetabolites. They are used in treating leukemia, breast tumors, ovary and intestinal cancers and they also interfere not only with the DNA but also with the RNA.

The anthracyclines are another type of chemotherapy drugs being part of the antibiotic group. They work against enzymes that help in DNA replication and they are encountered in a wide variety of cancer treatments.

Next is the category of inhibitors. The topoisomerase inhibitors help in separating and copying strands of DNA being helpful for the treatment of leukemia besides many other types of cancer. The mitotic inhibitors are more natural-based derived from plants and they help in preventing enzymes from producing proteins required in cell reproduction. However, there is one huge risk that patients take when following such a treatment. These chemotherapy drugs may cause peripheral nerve damage to mention just one the health threats one may fear.

Last but not least, the corticosteroids are chemotherapy drugs for cancer that are based on hormones meant to treat lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma together with other diseases. Besides reducing the speed of cell growth, they also have a good impact on the way the body reacts to chemotherapy by preventing nausea, vomiting or other types of allergic reactions. These types of drugs may be used as chemotherapy ones or not, depending on the purpose they are supposed to serve.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Chemotherapy Treatments said...

Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain knowledge, would you mind updating your blog with extra information? It is extremely helpful for me.

September 30, 2011 at 12:21 AM  
Blogger Maggie said...

I am always ready to gain knowledge about Chemotherapy as it is an effective treatment and more popularly use to treat cancer . But at the same time it also affects on body. The side effects of chemotherapy are very prominent.
I am sharing few of them here...
http://www.ecancerchemotherapy.com/chemotherapy-side-effects

May 31, 2012 at 2:18 AM  

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