Antineoplastics or anticancer drugs affect the process of cell division i.e. are antiproliferative. They damage the DNA and initiate apoptosis, preventing the development and spread of neoplastic cells.
They also affect rapidly dividing normal cells, therefore are likely to suppress the bone marrow, suppress growth, impair healing, cause sterility and cause hair loss.
See also
- alkylating agents
- antibiotics/antineoplastics
- antimetabolites
- antineoplastic detoxifying agents
- antineoplastic interferons
- BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors
- EGFR inhibitors
- HER2 inhibitors
- histone deacetylase inhibitors
- hormones/antineoplastics
- miscellaneous antineoplastics
- mitotic inhibitors
- mTOR inhibitors
- mTOR kinase inhibitors
- multikinase inhibitors
- tyrosine kinase inhibitors
- VEGF/VEGFR inhibitors
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