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Anticancer Agents — General Principles & Classification
Cancer and tumour genesis, how chemotherapy works, combination regimens, phase-specific drugs and the classes of anticancer drug.
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Alkylating Agents
How alkylating agents kill cells, the six classes, why tumours escape them, their signature toxicities and the busulfan extras.
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Antimetabolites — Pyrimidine Analogues
5-fluorouracil in depth, capecitabine, cytarabine and gemcitabine: the fluoropyrimidines against the cytidine analogues.
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Vinca Alkaloids & Platinum Agents
Vincristine, vinblastine and vinorelbine, then the platinum agents: mechanism, kinetics, toxicity, uses and resistance.
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Cytotoxic (Anti-tumour) Antibiotics — Anthracyclines & Others
Actinomycin D, the anthracyclines from daunorubicin to mitoxantrone, bleomycin and mitomycin.
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Epipodophyllotoxins & Camptothecin Analogues — Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Topoisomerase I and II: etoposide and teniposide, irinotecan and topotecan, trilaciclib, their toxicity and resistance.
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Hormonal Anticancer Drugs
Removing the hormonal drive: the antioestrogens and aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer, androgen deprivation for prostate cancer.
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Anticancer Small Molecule Inhibitors
Kinase inhibitors by target, cell-cycle, DNA-repair, apoptosis and epigenetic inhibitors, mTOR and proteasome blockers.
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Anticancer Monoclonal Antibodies
Targeted therapy and naming the antibodies: anti-EGFR agents, trastuzumab for HER2, and bevacizumab and aflibercept.
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Miscellaneous Anticancer Drugs
Proteasome inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, retinoic acid and arsenic, asparaginase, thalidomide, hydroxyurea and procarbazine.