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Anticancer drugs are the drugs used to treat cancer. There are many types of cancer exists, according to their occurrence and target region, there are many types of anticancer drugs are developed to treat them. It may be in any dosage forms like tablet, Capsules, Injections etc. Anticancer drugs are classified into following parts: 1. Polyfunctional alkylating drugs Examples – Nitrogen Mustards, Nitrosoureas, Busulphan, Ethylenimines etc. 2. Other alkylating agents Examples- Cisplatin, Procarbazine, Dacabazine, Altretamine etc. 3. Purine antagonists drugs Examples- Fludarabine, pentostatin, Cladribine,Mercaptopurine, Thioguanine etc. 4. Pyrimidine antagonists drugs Examples- Cytarabine, Fluorouracil, Azacitidine etc. 5. Antimetabolites drugs Examples- Amino acid antagonist like azaserine, Antifolic acid componds like Methotrexate etc. 6. Antibiotics Examples- Doxorubicin, Daunorubicin, Anthr...

Anticancer drugs are also known as oncology drugs as well as antineoplastic drugs. These are the drugs having efficacy to treat cancer or malignant. There are number of different types of cancer exist for example Breast cancer, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, eye cancer, gallbladder cancer, head and neck cancer, parathyroid cancer, stomach   cancer, skin cancer, vaginal cancer, bone cancer, brain tumor etc. For the treatment of different types of cancer, there are different categories of anticancer drugs are used. POLYFUNCTIONAL ALKYLATING AGENT - Example Nitrosoureas, Busulphan etc. OTHER ALKYLATING DRUGS - Examples- Cisplatin, Dacarbazine, Procarbazine etc. ANTIMETABOLITES - Examples - Methotrexate, Azaserine etc. PURINE ANTAGONISTS Examples - Pentostatin, Mercaptopurine, Thioguanine, Cladiribine etc....