The alkylating type crosslinks guanine to destroy DNA, examples being carboplatin, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, and cisplatin.
The alkylating type crosslinks guanine to destroy DNA, examples being carboplatin, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, and cisplatin. The anti-metabolites kind inhibits DNA synthesis by blocking purines and pyrimidines, examples including 5-Fluoro Uracil, Fludarabine, and Methotrexate. Some newer ones act as various kinase inhibitors or as hormonal therapy, like Tamoxifen, thus reducing the side effects of destroying healthy but fast-dividing tissue. Frequently causing nausea and hair loss in patients, for 10 points, give the general name for chemical methods of treating cancer.
The alkylating type crosslinks guanine to destroy DNA, examples being carboplatin, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, and cisplatin.
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