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Cancer Drugs
M1 Cancer drug list
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Graduate
10/07/2010

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Term
Mechlorethamine
Definition
Alkylating agent
Action: Binds DNA, quick acting
AE: acute nausea, vomiting; delayed: decreased blood counts. 3-6 week recovery
Term
Cis-Plantin
Definition
alkylating agent.
Action: crosslinks DNA blocking DNA synth
AE: Acute: nauseas and renal toxicity(dose limiting)
Term
Cytarabine
Definition
Antimetabolite
Action: cytosine analogue chain terminator
AE: bone marrow GI
Term
Bleomycin
Definition
Antitumor antibiotics IV
Action: binds DNA generates radicals
AE: hypersensitivity, cutaneous rxns, pulmonary toxicity, fibrosis.
Term
5-Fluorouracil
Definition
Antimetabolite
Action: inhibit thymidylate synthase
AE: bone marrow GI
Term
Gemcitabine
Definition
Antimetabolite
Action: cytosine analogue chain terminator ploymerase inhibitor
AE: bone marrow GI
Term
Cyclophosphophamide
Definition
Alkylating agent
Action: binds DNA, activated by host
AE: Acute: nausea and vomiting Delayed: bone marrow depletion, alopaciea; Signature: sterile hemmorrhagic cystisis caused by Acrolein a metabolite.
Term
6-Mercaptopurine
Definition
Antimetabolite
Action: Oral blocks dna and RNA inhibit AMP and GMP synth.
AE: well tolerated up to high doses
Term
Thioguanine
Definition
Antimetabolite
Action: Oral incorporates into RNA/DNA.
AE: well tolerated up to high doses
Term
Daunorubicin
Definition
Antitumor antibiotics IV
Actions: intercalate DNA blodk Topo II, inhibit DNA/RNA synth cause strand breaks, free radicals
AE: Bone marrow suppression, GI distress, alopecia, CARDITOXICITY
Term
Doxorubicin
Definition
Anti tumor antibiotics IV
Actions: intercalate DNA blodk Topo II, inhibit DNA/RNA synth cause strand breaks, free radicals
AE: Bone marrow suppression, GI distress, alopecia, CARDITOXICITY
Term
Anastrazole
Definition
Hormonal Agent Oral
Action: Azole treatment of ER+ primary and metastatic cancers
AE: acute mild nausea, headache
delayed: hot flashes, fatigue
Term
Flutamide
Definition
Hormonal agent ORal
Action: with radiation against prostate cancer. ligand fro AR
AE: mild: nausea, hot flushes, transient hepatic effects
Term
Hydrocortisone
Definition
Hormonal agent Oral
Action: Suppress immune cell proliferation
AE: fliud retention, immunosuppression, diabetes
Term
letrozole
Definition
Hormonal Agent oral
Action: Azole treatment of ER+ primary and metastatic cancers
AE: acute mild nausea, headache
delayed: hot flashes, fatigue
Term
prednisone
Definition
hormonal agent Oral
Action: Suppress immune cell proliferation
AE: fliud retention, immunosuppression, diabetes
Term
tamoxifen
Definition
Hormonal agent Oral
Action:ER antagonist in breast primary and metastatic ER+ breast cancer
may be activated by CYP2D6
AE: nausea, hot flushes, vagianl bleeding only use for 5 years
Term
Docetaxel
Definition
MT poisonsIV with detergent
Action: stabalizes MT
AE: acute: hypersensitivity and nausea
delayed bone marrow suppression, neuropathy
Term
Paclitaxel
Definition
MT poisons IV with detergent
Action: stabalizes MT
AE: acute: hypersensitivity and nausea
delayed bone marrow suppression, neuropathy
Term
Vinblastine
Definition
MT poisons IV
Action: inhibits tubulin polymerization
AE: nausea vomiting, alopecia, bone marrow depression
Term
Vincristine
Definition
MT poisons IV
Action: inhibits tubulin polymerization
AE: peripheral neuropathy, minor Bone marrow effect
Term
INterferon 2alpha
Definition
Biological Parenteral
Action: alters gene expression increases immune response. hematological malignancies, metastatic melanoma, renal cell carcinoma.
AE: fever, chills, anorexia and weakness
Term
trastuzumab
Definition
Biological IV
Action: antibody to HER2neu/ErbB-2 oncogene product
AE: infusion rxns, hypersensitivity, cardiomyopathy
Will not cross BBB bad for brain metastasis
Term
Etoposide
Definition
Topoisomerase inhibitors Oral/IV
Action: topoisomerase II, ds breaks, DNA degredation
AE: nausea vomiting, alopecia, bone marrow suppression
Term
Irinotecan
Definition
Topoisomerase inhibitor IV oral
Action: Topoisomerase I
AE: acute: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
delayed: bone marrow suppression, nausea, dose-limiting diarrhea
UGT1A1 deficiencies make Gi stuff real bad.
Term
Gefitnib
Definition
Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor Oral
Action: Inhibits EGF-R tyrosine Kinase
a. For small cell lung cancer
AE: Fever, dyspnea
Term
imatinib
Definition
Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor Oral
Action: Inhibits BCR-Abl and other tyr kinase. CML and kit kinase in GIST.
AE: myelo suppressive edema and fluid retention, hepatotoxicity
NOT a CURE
Term
Erythropoietin
Definition
Ancillary drugs
used to treat anemia
Term
GM-CSF
Definition
ancillary drug
used to treat anemia
Term
Mesna
Definition
ancillary drug
Used to scavenge Acrolein from Cyclophosphophamide
Term
Ondansetron
Definition
Ancillary drug
5-HT used to treat nausea
Term
Methotrexate
Definition
Antimetablolite
Action: DHFR inhibitor prevents base synthesis.
AE: bone marrow and GI, hepatotoxicity
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