Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) : Drugs
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Arsenic trioxide, also known by the trade name Trisenox, is an antitumor agent used for a specific type of leukemia known as acute promyelocytic leukemia. Purpose Arsenic trioxide is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia in patients who have not responded to standard treatment.
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Antineoplastic agent.
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Antimetabolite antineoplastic agent; synthetic pyrimidine antagonist.
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Cytarabine (also known as ARA-C, and by the brand name Cytosar) is an anticancer agent that kills cancer cells. It is very frequently used with other anticancer drugs in the treatment of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML), lymphomas, and for leukemia and lymphoma affecting the surrounding membranes of the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
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Antineoplastic agent; anthracycline glycoside antibiotic.
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Daunorubicin is an anti-cancer drug that kills cancer cells. The brand names are Dauno Xome for the liposomal formulation and Cerubidine for the daunorubicin hydrochloride formulation.
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Daunorubicin is a cancer (antineoplastic) medication. Daunorubicin interferes with the
growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Etoposide is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat cancer by destroying cancerous cells. Etoposide is also known as the brand name VePesid.
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Antineoplastic agent; semisynthetic podophyllotoxin-derivative.
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Idarubicin is a cancer (antineoplastic) medication. Idarubicin interferes with the growth of
cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Antineoplastic agent; semisynthetic anthracycline; structurally and pharmacologically related to daunorubicin.
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Idarubicin is a medication that kills cancer cells. Purpose As of 2001, idarubicin is approved to treat only one single cancer, acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) in adults.
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Mitoxantrone is a cancer (antineoplastic) medication. Mitoxantrone interferes with the growth of
cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body. Mitoxantrone also affects the immune
system.
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Antineoplastic agent; a synthetic anthracenedione.
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Mitoxantrone, also known by its trade name Novantrone, is an anticancer agent effective against certain kinds of leukemias. It is also used in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1987.
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Cytarabine is a cancer medication. Cytarabine interferes with the growth of cancer cells
and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Etoposide is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows
their growth and spread in the body.
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Tretinoin is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows
their growth and spread in the body.
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Tretinoin, a natural vitamin A metabolite, is an anti-cancer drug used in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Purpose Tretinoin is given to APL patients with the goal of bringing on a remission.
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Antineoplastic agent; retinoid.
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Arsenic trioxide is a cancer medication. Arsenic trioxide interferes with the growth of cancer
cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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