Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain solid tumors, lymphoma, and myeloma.

One simple reaction, a sulfur atom loosely held and easily given away, explains a list of uses that otherwise looks unrelated.

A monoclonal antibody used to prevent red blood cells from being destroyed in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a red blood cell disorder.

Sorafenib works through two separate mechanisms, directly slowing cancer cell growth while also limiting the blood supply a tumor depends on.

A drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer and a type of liver cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.

An antiviral drug that is being studied as a treatment for herpesvirus.

Sprycel is the brand name for dasatinib, a targeted drug used to treat certain leukemias driven by an abnormal fusion protein.

A drug that belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

A drug that may protect healthy tissue from the toxic effects of anticancer drugs.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called bisphosphonates.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Three letters for an antimony compound whose established job is a parasitic infection, not the cancer research the abbreviation is usually filed under.

The word selective refers to serotonin alone, which is what separates this class from antidepressants acting on several messengers at once.

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.

Three chemotherapy drugs given together for breast cancer, the letters taken from their older trade names.

Tacrolimus suppresses the immune system by blocking a step in T cell activation, and is used mainly to prevent rejection after organ transplantation.

Its long duration sets it apart from others in its class, and it is the one also used for urinary symptoms of an enlarged prostate.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer, including certain types of lung, pancreas, and brain cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer, including certain types of lung, pancreas, and brain cancer.

Talactoferrin is a laboratory made version of human lactoferrin studied as an investigational treatment, without established approved use.