title: Making sense of cancer chemotherapy.
abstract: Chemotherapy is a principal form of treatment for cancer. This paper introduces the principles of this method of treatment showing how chemotherapeutic drugs disrupt cell division and inhibit tumour growth. The main groups of drugs are discussed and their mechanism of action is described.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents