Doxorubicin is used to treat which of the following cancers?
A) breast and ovarian
B) Kaposi's sarcoma and Wilms' tumor
C) testicular and urinary bladder
D) skin and brain cancer
A) breast and ovarian
Doxorubicin is used in the treatment of breast, ovarian, and also bone cancers. It is also used in the therapy for acute lymphoblastic and myeloblastic leukemias.
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