What Are Drugs Used To Treat CancerWhat Are Drugs Used To Treat Cancer




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What Are Drugs Used To Treat Cancer ?

There are many different types of drugs that are used to treat cancer. Some of the drugs used to treat cancer are chemotherapy drugs, biological agents, and hormone therapy drugs.

The drugs used to treat cancer ultimately depend on the type of cancer and the stage of the disease. If a drug cannot cure the disease, then doctors still prescribe certain other drugs to either prolong the patient's life or to improve the quality of the patient's life.Different cancer drugs work in different ways. For instance, drugs used in chemotherapy are known to reduce the growth of cancer cells. Sometimes, these drugs can also cause the cancer cells to die. However, many chemotherapy drugs also affect healthy cells in the same manner as cancer cells, and this can lead to a lot of side effects.

Hormonal drugs are used in a different way. Here the drug stops the hormones from being released and used by the cancer cells to grow. As a result the cells die of starvation or cannot grow further.

Biological agents are used to improve and build the body's immune system to fight the cancer. There is also something known as targeted drugs used to target just a particular area in the body where the cancer cells are present. It is believed that by using targeted drugs, healthy cells are not harmed that much.

Some of the drugs used to treat cancer are as follows:

There are still several more drugs that are used to treat cancer.

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