2015 Antineoplastics

III. Drugs that cause DNA strand breaks

Critical fact iconTOXICITY

BLEOMYCIN

  • hypersensitivity

  • GI

  • lungs (pulmonary fibrosis) and skin lack the hydrolase that degrades BLEOMYCIN

  • alopecia

  • edema of the hands
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