Thyroid Cancer : Drugs

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Thyroid cancer is a disease in which the cells of the thyroid gland become abnormal, grow uncontrollably and form a mass of cells called a tumor.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Doxorubicin is a cancer (antineoplastic) medication. Doxorubicin interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
Source:MULTUM
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 .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Antineoplastic agent; platinum-containing compound.
Source:AHFS
Cisplatin is an antineoplastic medication. Cisplatin interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body.
Source:MULTUM
Antineoplastic agent; anthracycline glycoside antibiotic.
Source:AHFS
Doxorubicin, which kills cancer cells, is among the most widely used chemotherapy drugs. It is also known by its trade name, Adriamycin.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Sodium iodide is a salt that is formed into an injectable medicine.
Source:MULTUM
Levothyroxine is a replacement for a hormone that is normally produced by your thyroid gland to regulate the body's energy and metabolism. Levothyroxine is given when the thyroid does not produce enough of this hormone on its own.
Source:MULTUM
Thyroid agent; sodium salt of the L -isomer of thyroxine (tetraiodothyronine, T 4 ).
Source:AHFS
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