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Cancer drugs

This page has a scrollable list of links to information about individual cancer drugs, cancer drug combinations, and their sideeffects. There are all types of cancer drugs in this list, including drugs used in chemotherapy, hormone therapies and biologicaltherapies, and bisphosphonates. The drugs are listed in alphabetical order by pharmacy (generic) name and brand name, tomake it easy to find what you are looking for.

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There are also pages about the possible side effects that you may havewhile taking drugs to treat cancer. The link below takes you to a list ofpages about sickness, other digestive system side effects, mouth problemsand many more.

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