(jem-SIE-tuh-bean) Anticancer drug that belongs to the antimetabolite family of chemotherapeutic agents, which work by interfering with the division and functions of cells
A highly effective anti-cancer drug, Difluorodeoxycytidine, a novel derivative of the natural DNA building block, deoxycytadine, which functions to stop DNA synthesis in cancer cells.
An anti-cancer drug (chemotherapy).
A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, and lung cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Gemcitabine belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Also called gemcitabine hydrochloride and Gemzar.
Gemcitabine is a nucleoside used as chemotherapy. It is marketed as Gemzar® by Eli Lilly and Company.