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   Nucleoside analogues

   Less selective nucleoside analogues are used as chemotherapy agents to treat cancer.
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   Cancer

   Improved antiemetics such as ondansetron and analogues, as well as aprepitant have made aggressive treatments much more feasible in cancer patients. ... The use of surgery to treat cancer had poor results due to problems with hygiene.
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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.
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   Breast cancer treatment

   Systemic therapy uses medications to treat cancer cells throughout the body. ... GnRH-analogues are used in premenopausal women for ovarian ablation or suppression
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   Folic acid

   Cancer cells divide rapidly, and drugs that interfere with folate metabolism are used to treat cancer. ... D analogues: Dihydrotachysterol - Calcipotriol - Tacalcitol
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   Mitotic inhibitor

   While colchicine is not used to treat cancer in humans, it is commonly used to treat acute attacks of gout. ... Pyrimidine analogues/
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   History of cancer chemotherapy

   These analogues — first aminopterin and then amethopterin (now methotrexate) were antagonistic to folic acid, and blocked the function of folate-requiring enzymes. ... Rituximab, a drug used to treat lymphomas, is a prime example.
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   Orthomolecular medicine

   Based on investigational scientific studies, single-blind and double-blind randomized controlled trials, clinical experience, and case histories, claims have been made that therapeutic nutrition can prevent treat, and sometimes cure acne, bee stings, burns, cancer, the common cold, drug addiction, drug overdose, heart diseases, acute hepatitis, herpes, influenza, mononucleosis, mushroom poisoning, neuropathy & polyneuritis (including multiple sclerosis), osteoporosis, polio, alcoholism, allergies, arthritis, autism, epilepsy, hypertension, hypoglycemia, migraine, clinical depression, learning disabilities, retardation, mental and metabolic disorders, skin problems, and hyperactivity," Raynaud's disease, heavy metal toxicity, radiation sickness, * Pyroluria, schizophrenia, shock, snakebite, spider bite, tetanus toxin and viral pneumonia. ... ↑ Laurance B. "Danger of vitamin K analogues to newborn."
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   Griseofulvin

   Anti-fungal Drug May Help Treat Cancer, Say Scientists at UC Santa Barbara ... Pyrimidine analogues/
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    Purine analogue

    Purine analogues are antimetabolites which mimic the structure of metabolic purines. ... Pentostatin and cladribine are adenosine analogs which are primarily used to treat Hairy cell leukemia.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Nucleoside analogues,
• Cancer,
• Chemotherapy,
• Breast cancer treatment,
• Folic acid,
• Mitotic inhibitor,
• History of cancer chemotherapy,
• Orthomolecular medicine,
• Griseofulvin,
• Purine analogue