ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS

Antineoplastic drugs inhibit and combat the development of cancer Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, invasion that intrudes upon and destroys adjacent tissues, and sometimes metastasis, or spreading to other locations in the body via lymph or blood. ALKYLATING AGENTS Nitrogen Mustards:

Cyclophosphamide Mechlorethamine Chlorambucil (Leukeran)

Nitrosoureas

Carmustine Lomustine Semustine

Aziridines: Thiotepa Benzotepa

Miscellaneous Procarbazine Dacarbazine Cisplatin

ANTIMETABOLITES Folic acid antagonist Methotrexate Trimetrexate

Purine antagonists Mercaptopurine (6-MP) Thioguanine Fludarabine Phosphate

Pyrimidine antagonists Fluorouracil (5-FU) Cytarabine

PLANT ALKALOIDS Vinblastine Vincristine Paclitaxel

ANTIBIOTICS Doxorubicin Daunorubicin Dactinomycin Bleomycin

HORMONAL AGENTS Tamoxifen Flutamide

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
Cetuximab Rituximab