chemotherapy drugs

 Chemotherapy Drugs

Anticancer drugs/Antineoplastic drugs

Classification of Anticancer drugs

1. Alkylating Agents

Mechlorethamine

Cyclophosphamide

Ifosfamide

Chlorambucil

Melphalan

Thio-TEPA

Busulfan

Streptazocin

Dearbazine

2. Antimetabolites

a. Folate antagonists

Methotrexate

b. Purine antagonists

Pentostatin

Fludarabin

Cladribin

6-mercaptopurine 

Thioguanine

c. Pyrimidine antagonists

5-fluorouracil

Floxuridine

Cytarabine

Gemcitabine

3. Natural products

a. Antibiotics

Actinomycin -D

Daunorubicin

Doxorubicin

Bleomycin

Mitomycin-C

Mithramycin

b. Epipodophyllotoxins

Etoposide

Teniposide

c. Camptothecines

Topotecan

Irinotecan

d. Taxanes 

Paclitaxel 

Docetaxel

e. Vinca alkaloids

Vincristine

Vinblastine

Vinorelbine

4. Miscellaneous

Procarbazine

Mitotane

Hydroxyurea

Cisplatin

Interferon alpha

5. Hormones and their antagonists

Glucocorticoids 

Androgen

Antiandrogens

Estrogens

Antiestrogens

Progestins

6. Hormone antagonists

Aromatase inhibitors

Glucocorticoids; prednisolone, Dexamethasone 

7. Radioactive isotopes

Radiophosphorus P32

Strontium chloride

Radioactive Iodine