anticancer drug: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	antineoplastic drug

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Gleevec; imatinib

Boxes of Herceptin 150 mg (trastuzumab) vials are stacked on a pharmacy shelf, with clear labeling for powder for concentrate for solution for infusion.

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vinblastine sipuleucel-T vincristine Herceptin busulfan mitotane etoposide calichimicin cisplatin immune checkpoint inhibitor anesthetic radiation therapy analgesic targeted therapy antihistamine narcotic stimulant sedative-hypnotic drug givinostat immunosuppressant

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George Herbert Hitchings

American scientist

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B. Elion

American scientist