Antineoplastic detoxifying agents
Other names: Cytoprotective Agent
What are Antineoplastic detoxifying agents?
Antineoplastic drugs are medications used to treat cancer. Other names for antineoplastic drugs are anticancer, chemotherapy, chemo, cytotoxic, or hazardous drugs. These drugs come in many forms, including liquids or pills.
The majority of antineoplastic drugs act on the process of DNA synthesis within the cancer cell, as summarised in Fig. 52.1. Selectivity of these drugs for cancer cells compared with normal tissues is determined by the rate of DNA synthesis and cell division.
List of Antineoplastic detoxifying agents
