Monday, October 27, 2014

Clofarabine for the treatment of cancer


Clofarabine is used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia that has come back or that did not improve with at least 2 regimens of chemotherapy. It's used in children and young adults up to 21 years of age. It may also be used for other types of cancer.
Clofarabine is used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL; a type of cancer of the white blood cells) in children and young adults 1 to 21 years old who have already received at least two other treatments. Clofarabine is in a class of medications called purine nucleoside antimetabolites. It works by killing existing cancer cells and limiting the development of new cancer cells.

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