Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs, which are used in cancer treatment, poses significant health risks to healthcare workers. These drugs are highly toxic, and their handling requires ...

- any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and ...

A few drugs are also capable of increasing erythema linked to radiation exposure; this is particularly true for some antineoplastic agents, such as Bleomycin, Adriamycin and the Taxanes drugs.