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Vincristine

Chemotherapy Drugs for Childhood Cancer Vincristine

Chemotherapy drugs are center point of treatment for childhood cancer. There are many classes of chemotherapy drugs available. Microtubules, which are an integral component of the cytoskeleton, play important roles in a variety of cellular functions including mitosis, cellular transport, maintenance of cell shape, polarity, and cell signaling. Traditional tubulin inhibitors include the vinca alkaloids, […]

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Cytarabine

Chemotherapy Drugs for Childhood Cancer 6-MP, Cytarabine, Fluorouracil

Childhood cancer is curable. Modern development in the pharmacotherapy and newer treatment modalities have made it possible to remove the burden of cancer in most cases. This is a series of discussion about chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of childhood cancer. Cancer treatment is different from other Paediatric diseases. It needs special care specially

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Imatinib and Methotrexate Concurrent Use in Leukemia

Imatinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor mainly used in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), gastrointestinal tumors, Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL), Hypereosinophilic Syndrome etc. But the problem is its a expensive drug. Its available is Gleevec in USA. But the price in Bangladesh is comparetively lower. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common

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