How Antineoplastic Drugs Work?

Antineoplastic drugs work by targeting and killing rapidly dividing cancerous cells, but they can also be harmful to healthy dividing cells, including the cells of a developing baby.

What is the main side effect when using an antineoplastic drug?

Many of the medications used to manage the most common toxicities of antineoplastic therapies further alter body functions and can perpetuate a decline in functioning. One of the most common side effects of many antineoplastic drugs therapies is nausea/vomiting (N/V).

What is antineoplastic drug example?

Antineoplastic agents that are well known to cause significant direct hepatotoxicity when given in moderate to high doses (particularly when used in myeloablation before hematopoietic cell transplantation) include busulfan, melphalan, cyclophosphamide, dacarbazine, cytarabine, fluorouracil, carboplatin and L- ...