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    Glossary Cytotoxic Drugs

    medications that kill or inhibit rapidly dividing cells

    Cytotoxic drugs, also known as chemotherapeutic agents, are medications designed to kill or inhibit the growth of rapidly dividing cells, such as cancer cells. While effective in treating various cancers, these drugs can also affect healthy cells that divide quickly, like those in hair follicles, leading to side effects such as hair loss (alopecia).

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    1. 'Atrophic telogen effluvium' from cytotoxic drugs and a randomized controlled trial to investigate the possible protective effect of pretreatment with a topical vitamin D3 analogue in humans British Journal of Dermatology · 2005 · 47 citations
    2. Ensuring safety in cytotoxic drug preparation: A systematic review of guidelines addressing education for pharmacy professionals Journal of the American Pharmacists Association · 2025 · 2 citations
    3. Cutaneous drug reactions Elsevier eBooks · 2010 · 1 citations
    4. Investigating drug induced alopecia Nursing Standard · 1993 · 1 citations
    5. Cytostatics and immunosuppressive drugs Side effects of drugs annual · 1989
    6. Identification of drug-specific public TCR driving severe cutaneous adverse reactions Nature communications · 2019 · 88 citations
    7. Drug induced hair loss. The BMJ · 1989 · 4 citations
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    9. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Identification of drug-specific public TCR driving severe cutaneous adverse reactions. Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
    10. Apoptosis and cutaneous biology Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 1997 · 60 citations
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