Is azacitidine a nonhormonal or hormonal?
Keeping this in consideration, which drug is classified as an antineoplastic hormone?
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Drug | Drug Name |
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DB00603 | Medroxyprogesterone acetate |
DB00635 | Prednisone |
DB00648 | Mitotane |
DB00675 | Tamoxifen |
In this manner, is used as a hormonal agent?
Hormonal agents are widely used in curative and palliative treatment of hormone-dependent tumors. Tamoxifen, toremifene, and raloxifene are all SERM drugs (selective estrogen receptor modulators). Anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane are aromatase inhibitors and are used to treat breast cancer in menopausal patients.
A diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer means that the three most common types of receptors known to fuel most breast cancer growth–estrogen, progesterone, and the HER-2/neu gene– are not present in the cancer tumor. Using chemotherapy to treat triple negative breast cancer is still an effective option.