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Cancer Chemotherap
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antimetabolites | |
| 5-Fluorouracil | inhibit synthesis of purine and pyridimine precursors |
| Methotrexate | inhibit synthesis of purine and pyridimine precursors |
| Gemcitabine | directly competing with the normal molecules in DNA or RNA synthesis. |
| Antibiotics (DNA intercalating agents) | generates reactive oxygen species, intercalates between bases or causes strands to break. |
| Anthracyclines | inhibits topoisomerase II |
| Bleomycin | lymphoma, squamous cell cancers, testicular and bladder cancers. |
| Doxorubicin | leukimias, lymphomas, sarcomas, adenocarcinomas. |
| Alkylating agents | transfer alkyl groups to guanine = resulting in the cross-linking of DNA bases. |
| Cyclophosphamide |