Saturday, January 8, 2011

BREAST CANCER DRUGS




BREAST CANCER DRUGS


Breast Cancer Drugs are to treat breast cancer by chemotherapeutic agents . But there are other than Chemotherapy to treat breast cancer, includes :
1-Hormone Blocking Therapy : e.g. Tamoxifen , Anastrazole etc .
2-Monoclonal Antibodies Therapy : this is for HER2+ type breast cancer .
The third type of breast cancer drugs includes Chemotherapy these are various types .
This is for stage 2-4 type . These include : Cyclophasphamide , Doxorubicin , Epirubicin , Docetaxel , Methotrexate , Fluorouracil , Gemcitabine , Capecitabine , Trastuzumab , Filgrastim , Toremifene , Goserelin , Zoledronic acid and Ixabepilone .
Breast Cancer drugs have very high levels of cytotoxicity , therefore oncologist advice is must for the treatment .

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