WHat are the common chemotherapeutic drugs to cure cancer?

Question

What are the common chemo drugs they use to kill cancer cells?

Answer 1

Chemotherapy Drugs

More than 50 chemotherapy drugs are currently available to treat cancer and many more are being tested for their ability to destroy cancer cells. About 30% of anticancer drugs come from or are derived from natural sources. Most chemotherapy drugs interfere with the cell's ability to grow or multiply. Although these drugs affect all cells in the body, many useful treatments are most effective against rapidly growing cells. Cancer cells grow more quickly than most other body cells. Other cells that grow fast are cells of the bone marrow that produce blood cells, cells in the stomach and intestines, and cells of the hair follicles. Therefore, the most common side effects of chemotherapy are linked to their effects on other fast growing cells. Some tumor cells are resistant to drugs, making them more difficult to target.

The above is the general aspect of the drugs. But there are more than 100 types of cancer and depending on various factors viz. health of the patient, blood counts, stage of the disease, grade of the disease, the drugs will be administrated orally, or intra- veinously in combination of one or more drugs also. Th Medical Oncologist who treats the patient is the best judge to decide the drug and he will give the drugs according to the cases. -

Answer 2

Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer researcher came out with a paper saying that the best cancer and infection fighter as yet found was Interferon, but, at the time, it cost $15,000 a gram. The good part was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your system. Shortly after that paper came out the FDA tried to make Vit C by prescription only. Guess why? The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 64 mg a day, just enough to prevent scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vit C and a second Nobel Prize for organic chemistry, said 1000 mg a day as a minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick. On a personal note, I was sick twice a year, for 2 weeks at a time, for 20 years, and was flat on my back for at least a week each time. To this day the doctors have no idea what the problem was. After I gave up on the doctors I tried Vit C. I took enough to keep from being sick and just below too much to get diarrhea. It followed a bell curve over 2 weeks with a peak at 40,000 mg a day – about 300,000 over the 2 weeks. I was not sick for those 2 weeks and after a couple of years of that I have not been sick since. I did not dissolve my kidneys, as some doctors said would happen. I did not get any calcium build up or stones and did not dissolve my cones or solidify my joints. Try it, but drink a lot of water – Vit C is a natural diuretic.

Answer 3

There are so many different forms of chemotherapy, it depends on the kind of cancer you are talking about. If you or some one you know has cancer and needs chemo I would suggest getting the names of the drugs they are recommending and then research them. It is also best to get another doctors opinion also. There are so many new drugs that maybe your doctor doesn't even know about some options that are available.

Answer 4

It depends what kind of cancer is being treated. For example, colorectal cancer is commonly treated with Fulfox, which is a combination of flurouracil, folinic acid, and oxaliplatin. Acute lymphocytic leukemia is generally treated with corticosteroids and vincristine.

However, many cancer drugs fall under the broad categories of alkylating agents, antimetabolites, microtubule inhibitors, or platinum-based. Most are not new, and have been used for many years.

Answer 5

There are many different chemo drugs out there, and many different combinations for the treatment of different cancers, Do yuo know what you have/ suspect you have.
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Answer 6

chemotherapy is this main one that is used, there is radiation, and there are a selections of pills that are still used and at home injections. none of them actually cure cancer it just helps it slow down. there is no cure these just help. it also depends on what kind of cancer you have and what the doctors think is the right treatment. you can also have more than one option so check out ur options before one dr. tell you what you need to do or what treatment he believes is the one for you if you dont think it is then explore your options

Answer 7

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