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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.
Industry:Health care
A drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer and a type of liver cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. BAY 43-9006 stops cells from dividing and may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow. It is a type of kinase inhibitor and a type of antiangiogenesis agent. Also called Nexavar, sorafenib, and sorafenib tosylate.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called camptothecins.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called taxanes.
Industry:Health care
A substance that combines a monoclonal antibody (huN901) with an anticancer drug (DM1), and is being studied in the treatment of certain cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer. Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced substances that can locate and bind to cancer cells.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics. Also called pixantrone.
Industry:Health care
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of platinum-based drugs.
Industry:Health care
A weakened form of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) that does not cause disease. BCG is used in a solution to stimulate the immune system in the treatment of bladder cancer and as a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis.
Industry:Health care
A form of biological therapy for superficial (not invasive) bladder cancer. The solution is made from a weakened form of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) that does not cause disease but stimulates the body’s immune system. A catheter is used to place the BCG solution into the bladder where it is held for about two hours.
Industry:Health care
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It may kill cancer cells by blocking the production of a protein that makes cancer cells live longer and by making them more sensitive to anticancer drugs. It is a type of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide. Also called augmerosen, Genasense, and oblimersen sodium.
Industry:Health care
