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Is Endo a chemotherapy drug?

BY Iris Wheatley 2020-07-23

  Is Endo a chemotherapeutic drug? There are many ways to treat tumors today. Chemotherapeutic drugs are the main ones. The clinical efficacy is remarkable. Chemotherapy drugs can kill tumor cells. These drugs can act on the growth and reproduction of tumor cells. In different aspects, inhibit or kill tumor cells, then, is Endo a chemotherapeutic drug? Let''s take a look together.

  Chemotherapy drugs can directly kill tumors Cells and using chemotherapy drugs to fight tumors are also one of the current methods of treating tumors, but people are also more worried about the damage caused by chemotherapy drugs to the body. Endo is a commonly used drug for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, but Endo is not a chemotherapeutic drug. Endo is a new class of drugs in the country and is not a chemotherapeutic drug. When the tumor grows above 2mm3 in the body, it must form its own vascular network to transport nutrients , Otherwise it cannot continue to grow.

  Inhibits the formation of tumor blood vessels and cuts off their nutritional supply. After a period of time, the tumor will be in a dormant state. The long-term effect will result in the death of tumor cells. This treatment is called tumor starvation therapy. Almost all anti-tumor angiogenesis drugs belong to this therapy, including Endo.

   Endo is not recommended if it is used as a first-line drug, and the cost of Endo is relatively higher. It is better to use NP (NVB+DDP) if combined chemotherapy is recommended. Endo''s mechanism of action is to inhibit the formation of neovascularization of tumors by inhibiting the migration of endothelial cells that form blood vessels, blocking the supply of nutrients to tumor cells, thereby achieving the purpose of inhibiting tumor proliferation or metastasis.

  Clinically used anti-tumor chemotherapeutic drugs have varying degrees of toxic and side effects. Some serious toxic and side effects are the direct reasons for limiting the dosage or use of drugs. While killing tumor cells, they also kill cells of normal tissues, especially the blood and lymphoid tissue cells that are growing vigorously in the human body.

   And these cells and tissues are important immune defense systems of the human body, destroying the immune system of the human body, cancer may develop rapidly and cause serious consequences, so use caution. Elderly patients with tumors with a history of severe heart disease should be used under the close observation of physicians.

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