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Chemotherapy Agents
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here are most of the drugs approved by the US Government for use in the United States
against cancer. Each link opens a new window on
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Medicine through MEDLINEplus,
or the FDA. (Last update
3-20-08) |
| Chemotherapy Agents |
| Drug
Name |
Also
Known As |
|
| Aldesleukin |
Proleukin |
|
| Alemtuzumab |
Campath |
|
| Alimta |
pemetrexed |
|
| Altretamine |
Hexalen |
|
| Amsacrine |
AMSA P-D |
|
| Anagrelide |
Agrylin |
|
|
Anastrozole |
Arimidex |
|
| Azacytidine |
5-azacytidine |
|
| BCG Live (Intravesical) |
Pacis,
TheraCys, TICE BCG
|
|
| Bevacizumab |
Avastin |
|
| Bendamustine Hydrochloride |
Treanda
|
|
| Becavizumab |
Avastin |
|
| Bleomycin |
Blenoxane |
|
| Busulfan |
Myleran |
|
| Carboplatin
|
Paraplatin |
|
| Carmustine |
BiCNU |
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| Capecitabine (oral form) |
Xeloda |
|
| Cisplatin |
Platinol,
Platinol-AQ
|
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| Chlorambucil (oral form) |
Leukeran |
| |
|
|
Clofarabine
(requires
adobe acrobat to read) |
Clolar |
|
| Cladribine |
Leustatin,
2-CdA |
|
| Cyclophosphamide |
Cytoxan |
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| Cytarabine |
Cytosar-U,
ara-C, cytosine arabinoside |
|
| Dacarbazine |
DTIC-Dome |
|
| Dactinomycin |
Cosmegen,
actinomycin D |
|
| Daunorubicin |
Cerubidine,
rubidomycin, daunomycin |
|
| Denileukin
Diftitox |
Ontak |
|
| Docetaxel |
Taxotere |
|
| Doxorubicin |
Adriamycin
PFS, Adriamycin RDF, Rubex |
|
| Doxorubicin – liposome |
Doxil |
|
| Epirubicin |
Ellence |
|
| Erbitux |
Cetuximab |
|
|
Erlotinib |
Tarveca |
|
| Estramustine
|
Emcyt |
|
| Etoposide
(oral form/iv) |
VePesid,
Etopophos, Toposar
|
|
| 5-flourouracil or 5-FU |
Adrucil |
|
| Fludarabine |
Fludara |
|
| Flutamide |
Casodex,
Eulexin. Nilandron |
|
| Gemcitabine |
Gemzar |
|
| Glivec or Gleevec,
Formerly STI-571 |
Imatinib |
|
| Goserelin |
Zoladex,
Zoladex 3-Month
|
|
| Hexamethylmelamine |
Hexalen,
Altretamine |
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| Hydroxyurea (oral form) |
Hydrea,
Droxia
|
|
| Idarubicin |
Idamycin |
|
| Ifosfamide
|
Ifex, Isophosphamide |
|
| Imatinib |
Glivec or Gleevec, STI-571 |
|
| Interferon alfa-2b |
Alferon
N, Roferon-A, Intron A |
|
| Iressa
**marketing discontinued in US in 2005 after
clinical trials showed no benefit. |
Gefitinib |
|
| Irinotecan |
Camptosar,
CPT-11 |
|
| Ixempra |
Ixabepilone |
|
| L-asparaginase |
Elspar |
|
| Leucovorin |
Wellcovorin,
citrovorum factor, folinic acid, 5-formyl tetra-hydrofolate |
|
| Lomustine |
CeeNU |
|
| Mechlorethamine |
Mustargen |
|
| Melphalan
(oral form) |
Alkeran, phenylalanine mustard,
L-PAM |
|
| Mercaptopurine (oral form) |
Purinethol,
6-MP |
|
| Methotrexate |
Amethopterin,
MTX |
|
| Mithramycin |
Plicamycin,
Mithracin |
|
| Mitomycin |
Mutamycin |
|
| Mitotane |
Lysodren |
|
| Mitoxantrone |
Novantrone |
|
| Nilotinib |
Tasigna |
|
| Nitrogen Mustard |
Mechlorethamine, Mustargen |
|
| Oprelvekin |
Neumega |
|
| Octreotide Acetate |
Sandostatin,
Sandostatin LAR Depot
|
|
| Paclitaxel |
Taxol |
|
| Pamidronate |
Aredia |
|
| Pentostatin |
Nipent |
|
| Procarbazine
(oral form) |
Matulane,
Natulan, N-methylhydrazine |
|
| Recombinant
human interleukin-11 |
Neumega |
|
| Revlimid |
Lenalidomide |
|
| Rituximab |
Rituxan |
|
| Suramin |
Antrypol,
Bayer 205, Belganyl 309 F, Fourneau
309, Germanin, Moranyl, Naganin, Naganol, Naphuride |
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| Streptozocin |
Zanosar |
|
| Tamoxifen |
Nolvadex |
|
| Teniposide |
Vumon,
VM-26 |
|
| Testolactone |
Teslac |
|
| Thalidomide |
THALOMID |
|
| Thioguanine (oral form) |
6-TG |
|
| Thiotepa |
Thioplex |
|
| Topotecan |
Hycamtin |
|
| Trastuzumab |
Herceptin |
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| Trimetrexate |
Neutrexin |
|
| Triptorelin |
Trelstar
Depot |
|
| Valrubicin |
Valstar |
|
| Vinblastine |
Velban |
|
| Vincristine |
Oncovin,
Vincasar PFS, Vincrex, leurocristine
|
|
| Vindesine |
Eldisine |
|
| Vinorelbine |
Navelbine |
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