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Idarubicin or 4-demethoxydaunorubicin is an anthracycline drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics. FDA approved label can be found here http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/50734slr005_idamycin_lbl.pdf
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Chemotherapeutic agents/Antineoplastic agents (L01) |
| Alkylating agents |
Nitrogen mustards: (Chlorambucil, Chlormethine, Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide, Melphalan). Nitrosoureas:(Carmustine, Fotemustine, Lomustine, Streptozocin). Platinum: (Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Oxaliplatin, BBR3464). Busulfan, Dacarbazine, Mechlorethamine, Procarbazine, Temozolomide, ThioTEPA, Uramustine |
| Antimetabolites |
Folic acid: (Aminopterin, Methotrexate, Pemetrexed, Raltitrexed). Purine:(Cladribine, Clofarabine, Fludarabine, Mercaptopurine, Pentostatin, Thioguanine). Pyrimidine:(Capecitabine, Cytarabine, Fluorouracil, Floxuridine, Gemcitabine) |
| Spindle poison plant alkaloids |
Taxane: (Docetaxel, Paclitaxel). Vinca: (Vinblastine, Vincristine, Vindesine, Vinorelbine). |
| Cytotoxic/antitumor antibiotics |
Anthracycline family: (Daunorubicin, Doxorubicin, Epirubicin, Idarubicin, Mitoxantrone, Valrubicin). Bleomycin, Hydroxyurea, Mitomycin, Actinomycin |
| Topoisomerase inhibitors |
Camptotheca: (Camptothecin, Topotecan, Irinotecan), Podophyllum:(Etoposide, Teniposide). |
| CI monoclonal antibodies |
Alemtuzumab, Bevacizumab, Cetuximab, Gemtuzumab, Panitumumab, Rituximab, Tositumomab, Trastuzumab |
| Photosensitizers |
Aminolevulinic acid, Methyl aminolevulinate, Porfimer sodium, Verteporfin |
| Kinase inhibitors |
Dasatinib, Erlotinib, Gefitinib, Imatinib, Lapatinib, Nilotinib, Sorafenib, Sunitinib, Vandetanib (ZD6474) |
| Other |
Alitretinoin, Altretamine, Amsacrine, Anagrelide, Arsenic trioxide, Asparaginase, Bexarotene, Bortezomib, Denileukin diftitox, Estramustine, Hydroxycarbamide, Masoprocol, Mitotane, Pegaspargase, Tretinoin |
