Is ribociclib a chemotherapy drug? | Forum

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john robert
john robert Nov 11

No, ribociclib is not a chemotherapy drug. It is a targeted therapy used mainly to treat certain types of breast cancer, especially hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. Ribociclib works by inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6), which are proteins that help regulate cell division. By blocking these proteins, ribociclib helps prevent cancer cells from dividing and growing and Ribociclib Price in Malaysia.


Ribociclib is often used with other medications such as aromatase inhibitors (eg, letrozole) to treat early-stage or metastatic breast cancer in hormone-receptor-positive cases.


Chemotherapy, on the other hand, usually involves drugs that kill rapidly dividing cells, but they don't target cancer cells in the way that targeted therapies like ribociclib do. Ribociclib is part of a newer class of treatments that aim to be more specific for cancer cells, and are likely to cause fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy and Ribociclib Price.