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History of cancer chemotherapy Although this effect lasted only a few weeks, this was the first step to the realization that cancer could be treated by pharmacological agents (Goodman et al 1946).

History of cancer chemotherapy Later, this agent would also be used to treat lung and ovarian cancers.

Estramustine Estramustine (Emcyt) is a chemotherapy agent used to treat prostate cancer.

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    Prostate cancer

    Receptor agonists, such as leuprolide and goserelin, were subsequently developed and used to treat prostate cancer. ... ↑ Strum SB, Pogliano D (May 2005), "What every doctor who treats male patients should know", PCRI Insights 8(2): 4–5, < http://www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/pdf/Is8-2.pdf>
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    History of cancer chemotherapy

    Later, this agent would also be used to treat lung and ovarian cancers. ... Unlike so many other anti-cancer agents, this pharmaceutical was no accident.
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    Chemotherapy

    As a result, many other drugs have been developed to treat cancer, and drug development since then has exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. ... Important common side-effects include (dependent on the agent):
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    Thyroid cancer

    As thyroid cancer can take up iodine, radioactive iodine is commonly used to treat thyroid carcinomas, followed by TSH suppression by thyroxine therapy.
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    Folic acid

    Cancer cells divide rapidly, and drugs that interfere with folate metabolism are used to treat cancer. ... "Folic acid as a cancer-preventing agent".
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    Cancer

    Monoclonal antibody therapy is another strategy in which the therapeutic agent is an antibody which specifically binds to a protein on the surface of the cancer cells.
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    Hormonal therapy (oncology)

    The estrogen agonist Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is occasionally used to treat prostate cancer through suppression of testosterone production. ... Other medication
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    Agent Orange

    With the production of Agent Orange, dioxins are created as a by-product. ... Billee Shoecraft died in 1977 of cancer.
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    Antimicrotubule agent

    An antimicrotubule agent is a type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). ... They are used to treat cancer.
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    Cervical cancer

    Treatment of high grade changes can prevent the development of cancer. ... This led to the deduction that cervical cancer could be caused by a sexually transmitted agent.

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