Depending on their characteristics and nature of treatment,chemotherapeutic agents can be categorized into different groupsincluding alkylating agents, platinums, antimetabolites, anthracyclines,antitumor antibiotics, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors,monoclonal antibodies, targeted therapies (multikinase inhibitors), plantalkaloids, immunotherapy, differentiating agents, hormonal therapy, andmiscellaneous chemotherapeutic drugs.