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Alkylating Agent in Prostate Cancer Chemotherapy


An alkylating agent binds together the guanine bases of the two strands of DNA that make up the double helix. When the two sides of the double helix are bound together, the DNA cannot replicate. Prostate cancer chemotherapy drug, estramustine phosphate is an alkylating agent.

 
 

 
 
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