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Anti-cancer drugs

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

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 Therapy Agents

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

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 Therapy Agents

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 )

Miscellenious Agents

Folinic Acid (Leucovorin)

Ketoconazole

Metastron ( Strontium-89 Chloride )

Octreotide

Sandostatin (Octreotide)

Sandostatin LAR® Depot (Octreotide)

Strontium-89 Chloride

Miscellaneous Agents

Folinic Acid (Leucovorin)

Ketoconazole

Metastron (Strontium-89 Chloride)

Octreotide

Sandostatin (Octreotide)

Sandostatin LAR® Depot (Octreotide)

Strontium-89 Chloride