Tag: chemotherapy
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Alkeran (Melphalan) – an effective anti-cancer chemotherapy drug
Alkeran (Melphalan) a chemotherapy drug that is used to treat certain types of cancer: multiple myeloma melanoma ovarian cancer breast cancer Neuroblastoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Used in some conditioning regimens prior to bone marrow transplant Generic name: Melphalan Other names: L-PAM, L-Sarcolysin, Phenylalanine Mustard Alkeran belongs to a class of drugs known as alkylating agents. It works…
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Alimta (Pemetrexed) – effective chemotherapy injection
Alimta(Pemetrexed) belongs to a class of medications called antifolate antineoplastic agents. Pemetrexed (brand name Alimta) is a chemotherapy drug manufactured and marketed by Eli Lilly and Company. Alimta is used: for the treatment of patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), to maintain the effect of initial treatment with chemotherapy and whose disease has…