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Anti-cancer agents kill cancer cells or suppress their growth. They could belong to several groups:
For more detailed description of drug groups please see corresponding topics in Cancer Treatment Types General Drug Information Sites Anti-Cancer agents by group Anti-Cancer in alphabetical order
Chemotherapy agents directly attack, damage and kill cancer cells. For more information please refer to Cancer Treatment Types: Chemotherapy
Abraxane
Adriamycin ( Doxorubicin )
Adrucil ( Fluorouracil )
Alimta ( Pemetrexed )
Amethopterin ( Methotrexate )
Ara-C ( Cytarabine )
Asparaginase
Azacitidine
Azathioprine
BCNU ( Carmustine )
Blenoxane ( Bleomycin )
Bleomycin
Camptosar (Irinotecan)
Capacitabine
Carboplatin
Carmustine
CDDP ( Cisplatin )
Cerubidine ( Daunorubicin )
Chlorambucil
Cisplatin
Cladribine
Cosmegen ( Dactinomycin )
Cyclophosphamide
Cyclosporine
Cytarabine
Dacarbazine
Dactinomycin
Daunomycin ( Daunorubicin )
Daunorubicin
Deoxycoformycin ( Pentostatin )
DepoCyt ( Cytarabine )
Docetaxel
Doxil ( Doxorubicin Liposomal)
Doxorubicin
Doxorubicin Liposomal
Droxia ( Hydroxyurea)
DTIC ( Dacarbazine )
Ellence ( Epirubicin )
Eloxatin ( Oxaliplatin )
Elspar ( Asparaginase )
Epirubicin
Etoposide
Etopophos ( Etoposide )
Fludara ( Fludarabine Phosphate )
Fludarabine Phosphate
Fluorouracil
Gemcitabine
Gemzar (Gemcitabine)
Gengraf ( Cyclosporin )
Hycamptin (Topotecan)
Hydrea ( Hydroxyurea )
Hydroxyurea
Idamycin PFS ( Idarubicin )
Idarubicin
Ifex
Ifosfamide ( Ifex )
Imuran ( Azathioprine )
Isophosphamide ( Ifosfamide )
Ixabepilone
Ixempra
Leukeran ( Chlorambucil )
Leustatin ( Cladribine )
Lomustine
Methotrexate
Matulane ( Procarbazine )
Mercaptopurine
Mitomycin-C ( Mitomycin )
Mitomycin
Navelbine ( Vinorelbine Tartrate )
Neoral ( Cyclosporine)
Neosar (Cyclophosphamide)
Oncovin ( Vincristine )
Oxaliplatin
Paclitaxel
Pemetrexed
Pegaspargase
PEG-l-asparaginase ( Pegaspargase )
Pentostatin
Platinol ( Cisplatin )
Procarbazine
Streptozocin
Taxol ( Paclitaxel )
Taxotere (Docetaxel)
Temozolomide
Temodar (Temozolomide)
Thalidomide
Thalomid ( Thalidomide)
Thiotepa
Topotecan
Vidaza ( Azacitidine )
Vinblastine
Vincristine
Vinorelbine
Xeloda (Capacitabine)
Targeted Agents are directed against a specific molecule or a defined set of related molecules which are involved in regulation of cancer cell multiplication and survival. By interfering with these regulatory pathways targeted agents suppress tumor growth and/or promote cancer cell death. For more information, please see Cancer Treatment Types: Targeted Therapy
Alemtuzumab
Avastin ( Bevacizumab)
Bevacizumab
Bortezomib
Cituximab
Dasatinib
Erbitux
Erlotinib
Gefitinib
Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin
Gleevec ( Imatinib )
Herceptin ( Trastuzumab )
Imatinib (Gleevec)
Iressa (Gefitinib)
Lapatinib
Mylotarg ( Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin )
Nexavar ( Sorafenib )
Panitumumab
Rituxan ( Rituximab )
Rituximab
Sorafenib
Sprycel (Dasatinib)
Sunitinib
Sutent (Sunitinib)
Tarceva ( Erlotinib )
Temsirolimus
Torisel (Temsirolimus)
Trastuzumab
Tykerb (Lapatinib)
Velcade (Bortezomib)
Vectibix (Panitumumab)
Hormone therapy agents work against tumors which need your normal hormones for growth (for example, breast and prostate cancer). These agents control tumor growth by blocking hormone production or activity.
Anastrozole
Arimidex (Anastrozole)
Aromasin ( Exemestane )
Eulexin ( Flutamide)
Exemestane
Faslodex (Fulvestrant)
Femara ( Letrozole )
Flutamide
Fulvestrant
Goserelin
Letrozole
Leuprolide
Lupron ( Leuprolide )
Nolvadex ( Tamoxifen )
Tamoxifen
Zoladex (Goserelin)
Biological agents stimulate, modify or enhance activity of your own immune system against tumors which are known to be sensitive to such attack. For more information, please see Cancer Treatment Types: Biological Therapy
Actimmune ( Interferon Gamma-1b Injection )
Aldesleukin
Avonex ( Interferon beta-1a Intramuscular Injection )
Interferon Alfa-2a and Alfa-2b Injection
Interferon beta-1 Injection
Interferon Gamma-1b Injection
Interleukin-2 ( Aldesleukin )
Intron A (alfa-2b) ( Interferon Alfa-2a and Alfa-2b Injection )
Pegasys ( Peginterferon alfa-2a )
Peginterferon alfa-2a
Peginterferon alfa-2b
PEG-Intron ( Peginterferon alfa-2b )
Proleukin ( Aldesleukin )
Folinic Acid (Leucovorin)
Ketoconazole
Metastron ( Strontium-89 Chloride )
Octreotide
Sandostatin (Octreotide)
Sandostatin LAR® Depot (Octreotide)
Strontium-89 Chloride