Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A drug that blocks DNA synthesis and may prevent tumor cell growth.

A substance being studied in the treatment of diarrhea caused by infection with Clostridium difficile (a type of bacteria that can grow without oxygen) in cancer patients.

An anticancer drug being studied to stop cell growth.

A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of melanoma and some other types of cancer.

An anticancer drug that is also used in cancer prevention.

Tinidazole is an antiprotozoal drug for infections such as giardiasis and trichomoniasis, with an investigational role in certain stomach infections still being studied.

A drug that is used with another drug, warfarin, to treat blood clots that form deep in the veins and to prevent new blood clots from forming.

A drug that is used with another drug, warfarin, to treat blood clots that form deep in the veins and to prevent new blood clots from forming.

A drug used with another drug, ritonavir, to treat patients who are infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and have been treated with other anti-HIV drugs.

A drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

A laboratory-made copy of a milk protein, promoted against kidney and lung cancer until the late trials came back negative.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance that has been studied as an anticancer drug.

A drug used to treat testicular and small cell lung cancers.

A chemotherapy drug that jams the enzyme cells rely on to untangle DNA while they are copying it.

A drug used to treat certain types of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer.

A close chemical relative of tamoxifen, differing by a single chlorine atom, prescribed for advanced hormone-sensitive breast cancer.

A drug used to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer).

A drug used to treat the toxic effects of an anticancer drug that leaks from a vein into surrounding tissue and causes tissue damage.