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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
Toxicity of chemotherapy remains an important point in the care of patients with malignancies. Since a few years, new compounds without any intrinsic anti tumoral activity have been developed to decrease the toxicity or to enhance the activity of anti-cancer drugs. From those used against the toxic activity of anti-cancer drugs, two classes could be isolated: the chemoprotectors that interact through a specific of chemotherapy in normal cells, and the chemocorrectors that enhance the spontaneous recovery after exposition to cytotoxic drugs. The most widely used chemoprotector remains the 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate (mesna) which protects against the bladder toxicity of ifosfamide and cyclophosphamide. However, two new drugs, amifostine and dextrazoxane have been recently or will be approved in France against the toxicity of cisplatin and anthracyclines, respectively. Mechanism of action and clinical applications of these new drugs in cancer chemotherapy are reviewed.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0248-8663
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
936-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Chemoprotectors. Mechanisms of action and clinical applications].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de médecine interne-oncologie, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review