Chemotherapy

Chemicals used for chemotherapy generally seem to inhibit cell division and lead to cell death. Cancer cells, which are actively dividing, are affected by these drugs but other dividing cells in the body are affected as well. Chemotherapeutic drugs have a greater effect on cancer cells than on normal cells, but it is not entirely understood why this is true.

Chemotherapeutic agents
Classes	Examples
Antimetabolites	6-mercaptopurine
Alkylating agents	Cyclophosphamide
Anthracyclines	Mitoxantrone
Topoisomerase inhibitors	Camptothecan,Taxol

	Surgery
	Radiation therapy
	Chemotherapy
	Hormone Therapy
	Biologic therapies
	Bone Marrow Transplantation
	New Approaches