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What Is Cytoxan?
Brand name: Cytoxan
Chemical name: Cyclophosphamide
Class: Alkylating agent chemotherapy. Thiotepa is another alkylating agent.
How it works: Alkylating agents weaken or destroy breast cancer cells by damaging the cells’ genetic material.
Uses: Cytoxan usually is given in combination with other chemotherapy medicines. It's typically used:
- after surgery and other treatments to reduce the risk of early-stage breast cancer coming back
- before surgery to shrink large advanced-stage breast cancer...
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Chemotherapy 101 Part I: Preparing for Chemotherapy
After my breast cancer diagnosis and lumpectomy, I believed that, unlike other women with my diagnosis, I did not need chemotherapy -- that my cancer... Read more »
Chemotherapy Medicines
Source: Breastcancer.org
Chemotherapy medications for breast cancer include: Abraxane (chemical name: paclitaxel) Adriamycin (chemical name: doxorubicin) carboplatin (brand... Read more »
Choosing a Chemotherapy Combination
Source: Breastcancer.org
It may seem like you're facing a big alphabet soup of medicine combinations when you and your doctor start to talk about which chemotherapy regimen... Read more »
Thiotepa
Source: Breastcancer.org
Chemical name: Thiotepa Brand name: Thioplex Class: Alkylating agent chemotherapy. Cytoxan is another alkylating agent. How it works: Alkylating... Read more »
Chemotherapy for Male Breast Cancer
Source: Breastcancer.org
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