Anthracyclines and Related Substances
- Name
- Anthracyclines and Related Substances
- Accession Number
- DBCAT002347
- Description
Not Available
- ATC Classification
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Valrubicin An anthracycline used intravesically in the treatment of BCG-resistant bladder carcinoma. Epirubicin An anthracycline topoisomerase II inhibitor used as an adjuvant to treating axillary node metastases in patients who have undergone surgical resection of primary breast cancer. Daunorubicin An anthracycline aminoglycoside used to induce remission of nonlymphocytic leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia. Doxorubicin A medication used to treat various cancers, including AIDS-associated Kaposi's Sarcoma and metastatic cancers. Idarubicin An anthracycline antineoplastic agent used to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults. Mitoxantrone A chemotherapeutic agent used for the treatment of secondary progressive, progressive relapsing, or worsening relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Pixantrone An antineoplastic agent use to treat patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive Non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphomas (NHL). Amrubicin Investigated for use/treatment in lung cancer . Pirarubicin Not Annotated Aclarubicin Not Annotated Zorubicin Zorubicin is a drug of the anthracycline class - a class of medications that have historically demonstrated effective chemotherapy for a variety of cancer types. - Drugs & Drug Targets