http://www.teencancer.com A guide to the different forms of cancer suffered by teens Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:14:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carmustine is a cancer medicinal drug. Carmustine interposes with the development of cancer cells and slows up their development and spread out in the body. Carmustine is utilized to treat cancerous brain tumors and some types of blood cancer. Carmustine may also be used for purposes other than those named ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/carmustine-bicnu/ Capecitabine is a cancer (chemotherapeutical) medicinal drug. Capecitabine interposes with the development of cancer cells and slows down their outgrowth and overspread in the body. Capecitabine is applied in the treatment of some types of breast and colorectal cancers. Capecitabine may also be utilized for uses other than those listed ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/capecitabine-xeloda/ Busulfan is a type of chemotherapy utilized for treating chronic myelogenous leukemia. It may also be utilised as part of the chemotherapy given before bone marrow transplantation. Busulfan may be utilized in combination with other cancer chemotherapy agents. Busulfan is available as a oral contraceptive you can swallow. It is ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/busulfan-myleran/ Avastin is the first in an advanced class of drugs applied to treat metastatic colorectal cancer. It is known as an anti-angiogenic agent, and it is dissimilar from other agents utilized to treat this type of cancer. Though, Avastin is not chemotherapy, you will obtain it at the same time ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/avastin-bevacizumab/ The fundamental idea behind doses of cancer chemotherapy is for them to arrive at areas of the body unobtainable to surgery and to kill only the cancer cells leaving the normal cells of the body alone. Cancer cells are involved in activities that Normal cells are not and these activities ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/lomustine-ceenu/ Idarubicin is a cancer antineoplastic drug. Idarubicin interposes with the development of cancer cells and slows up their development and spread out in the body eventually causes cell death. Idarubicin is utilised to treat a type of blood cancer in adults .Idarubicin may also be applied for purposes other than ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/idarubicin-idamycin/ Tarceva is a directed cancer treatment. Tarceva is configured to choke up cell tumor cell outgrowth by directing the protein in your body named the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 1. Tarceva may also be used for uses other than those listed in this medication guide Tarceva is a oral contraceptive ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/tarceva-erlotinib/ Herceptin is a identical effectual treatment against HER2-positive breast cancer in adult female with stage II, III, and IV disease (medium to big cancers or cancers with lymph gland involved or metastasis disease). Herceptin is known as a directed therapy as it objects breast cancers that make too much of ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/herceptin-trastuzumab/ The phosphate salt of a fluorinated nucleotide antineoplastic drug analogue of the antiviral drug vidarabine (ara-A) withantineoplastic activity. Fludarabine phosphate is quickly dephosphorylated to 2-fluoro-ara-A and then phosphorylated intracellularly by cytidine enzyme to the active triphosphate, 2-fluoro-ara-ATP. This metabolite may inhibit DNA polymerase alpha, ribonucleotide enzyme and DNA primase, because ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/fludarabine/ Etoposide, VP-16 is a type of chemotherapy for treating cancer. Etoposide interposes with the development of cells. Etoposide is effectual in treating cancer of the lung and testicles. Generic Etoposide injections are available. Etoposide is an ethical drug applied in the treatment of definite lung and testicular malignances, as well ... http://www.teencancer.com/cancer-drugs/etoposide/