Antifolate and Chemotherapy

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Difference between Antifolate and Chemotherapy

Antifolate vs. Chemotherapy

Antifolates are a class of antimetabolite medications that antagonise (that is, block) the actions of folic acid (vitamin B9). Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.

Similarities between Antifolate and Chemotherapy

Antifolate and Chemotherapy have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Adverse effect, Antimetabolite, Bone marrow, Dihydrofolate reductase, Drug resistance, Methotrexate, Non-small-cell lung carcinoma, Pemetrexed, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Teratology.

Adverse effect

In medicine, an adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as surgery.

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Antimetabolite

An antimetabolite is a chemical that inhibits the use of a metabolite, which is another chemical that is part of normal metabolism.

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Bone marrow

Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue which may be found within the spongy or cancellous portions of bones.

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Dihydrofolate reductase

Dihydrofolate reductase, or DHFR, is an enzyme that reduces dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, using NADPH as electron donor, which can be converted to the kinds of tetrahydrofolate cofactors used in 1-carbon transfer chemistry.

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Drug resistance

Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a medication such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in curing a disease or condition.

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Methotrexate

Methotrexate (MTX), formerly known as amethopterin, is a chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant.

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Non-small-cell lung carcinoma

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is any type of epithelial lung cancer other than small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC).

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Pemetrexed

Pemetrexed (brand name Alimta) is a chemotherapy drug manufactured and marketed by Eli Lilly and Company.

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints.

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Teratology

Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.

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What Antifolate and Chemotherapy have in common
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Antifolate and Chemotherapy Comparison

Antifolate has 46 relations, while Chemotherapy has 419. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 2.37% = 11 / (46 + 419).

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