Non-small Cell Lung Cancer : Drugs
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Non-small cell lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of the lung tissues grow uncontrollably and form tumors.
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Carboplatin is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat cancer by interfering with the growth of cancer cells. Carboplatin is marketed under the brand name Paraplatin; it may also be referred to as CBDCA, JM-8, or carboplatinum.
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Antineoplastic agent; platinum-containing compound.
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Carboplatin is an antineoplastic medication. Carboplatin interferes with the growth of cancer
cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Cisplatin, also known by the brand name Platinol-AQ, Cis-platinum, CDDP, or DDP, is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat certain types of cancer by destroying cancerous cells. Purpose Cisplatin is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat metastatic testicular cancer and metastatic ovarian cancer .
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Antineoplastic agent; platinum-containing compound.
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Cisplatin is an antineoplastic medication. Cisplatin interferes with the growth of cancer cells
and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Semisynthetic taxoid; an antineoplastic agent.
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Docetaxel is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. Docetaxel is available under the trade name Taxotere.
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Epirubicin 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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Epirubicin is a semi-synthetic anthracycline-based anticancer (or antineoplastic) drug derived from doxorubicin . It is also known by its trade name Ellence.
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Anthracycline glycoside antineoplastic antibiotic; the 4′-epimer of doxorubicin; a semisynthetic derivative of daunorubicin.
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Gemcitabine is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer
cells in the body.
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Antimetabolite antineoplastic agent; a synthetic pyrimidine nucleoside.
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Gemcitabine is a drug that is used to treat advanced stages of pancreatic, lung, and other cancers. Its brand name is Gemzar.
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Irinotecan is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. Irinotecan, also known as CPT-11, is available under the trade name Camptosar, and may also be referred to as irinotecan hydrochloride or camptothecin-11.
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Antineoplastic agent; a semisynthetic derivative of camptothecin.
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Irinotecan 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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Vinorelbine is an antineoplastic medication. Vinorelbine interferes with the growth of cancer
cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
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Oxaliplatin 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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Oxaliplatin is an investigational chemotherapy medicine used to treat certain types of cancer by destroying cancerous cells. Oxaliplatin is also known in other countries by its brand names Eloxatin and Transplatine.
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Antineoplastic agent; platinum-containing compound.
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Paclitaxel is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. Paclitaxel is available under the trade name Taxol.
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Antineoplastic agent; natural or semisynthetic diterpene from the bark of the Western (Pacific) yew ( Taxus brevifolia ) or needles and twigs of Taxus baccata .
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Paclitaxel 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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Docetaxel is a cancer medicine that slows the growth and spread of cancer cells in the
body.
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Vinorelbine is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. Vinorelbine is available under the trade name Navelbine.
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Antineoplastic agent; semisynthetic vinca alkaloid.
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