Antineoplastic agents: Environmental prevalence and adverse outcomes in aquatic organisms

AM Wormington, M De María, HG Kurita… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 9.6 million cancer‐related
deaths in 2018. Cancer incidence has increased over time, and so has the prescription rate …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impact of antineoplastic drugs in the aquatic environment: State of the art and future perspective for freshwater organisms

ÉP Damasceno, F Ribeiro, LV Costa-Lotufo… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the late 70s, the continuous pharmaceuticalsinput into the environment has raised
concerns regarding the eventual risk posed by such compounds to human and …

Anticancer drugs in wastewater and natural environments: A review on their occurrence, environmental persistence, treatment, and ecological risks

A Castellano-Hinojosa, MJ Gallardo-Altamirano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The consumption of anticancer drugs (also known as chemotherapy drugs or antineoplastic
drugs) has augmented over the last decades due to increased cancer incidence. Although …

Aquatic ecotoxicology of anticancer drugs: A systematic review

C Nassour, S Nabhani-Gebara, SJ Barton… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anticancer drugs in the aquatic environment have drawn a lot of attention in the last decade.
Since wastewater treatment plants are inefficient at fully eliminating trace concentrations of …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer drugs in the aquatic ecosystem: Environmental occurrence, ecotoxicological effect and risk assessment

D Li, H Chen, H Liu, D Schlenk, J Mu, S Lacorte… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anticancer drugs are a group of therapeutic agents used to enhance cell death in targeted
cell types of neoplasia. Because of frequent use and eventual discharge, they have been …

The antineoplastic drugs cyclophosphamide and cisplatin in the aquatic environment–Review

V Queirós, UM Azeiteiro, AMVM Soares… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Cyclophosphamide (CP) and Cisplatin (CDDP) are antineoplastic drugs widely
used in the treatment of neoplastic diseases that have been detected in the aquatic …

Anticancer drugs in surface waters: what can we say about the occurrence and environmental significance of cytotoxic, cytostatic and endocrine therapy drugs?

JP Besse, JF Latour, J Garric - Environment international, 2012 - Elsevier
This study considers the implications and research needs arising from anticancer (also
referred to as antineoplastic) drugs being released into the aquatic environment, for the …

[HTML][HTML] New insights on cytostatic drug risk assessment in aquatic environments based on measured concentrations in surface waters

TIA Gouveia, A Alves, MSF Santos - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Cytostatic drugs are compounds used to treat cancer, one of the deadliest diseases
worldwide with a rising yearly incidence. However, the occurrence and concentrations of a …

Occurrence of anticancer drugs in the aquatic environment: a systematic review

C Nassour, SJ Barton, S Nabhani-Gebara… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Water contamination with pharmaceutical products is a well-studied problem. Numerous
studies have demonstrated the presence of anticancer drugs in different water resources …

Antineoplastic compounds in the environment—substances of special concern

K Kümmerer, A Haiß, A Schuster, A Hein… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Antineoplastic drugs are important in the treatment of cancer. Some interact directly with the
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and are of utmost importance in terms of risk. As highly active …