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Cancer drug listing

Find detailed information for nearly 200 cancer drugs, including brand and generic names for each drug, what it is intended to treat, how it is administered, and possible side effects.

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Abatacept

Drug name(s)

Orencia® Abatacept

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Acalabrutinib

Drug name(s)

Calquence® Acalabrutinib

Approved for

  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
  • Lymphoma

Alemtuzumab

Drug name(s)

Campath® Alemtuzumab

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)

Anagrelide hydrochloride

Drug name(s)

Agrylin® Anagrelide hydrochloride

Approved for

  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
  • Essential Thrombocythemia

Arsenic trioxide

Drug name(s)

Trisenox® Arsenic trioxide

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)

Asciminib

Drug name(s)

Scemblix® Asciminib

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Asparaginase

Drug name(s)

Asparaginase

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)- rywn

Drug name(s)

Asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)- rywn Rylaze®

Approved for

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Avapritinib

Drug name(s)

Ayvakit® Avapritinib

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Other Blood Cancers

Axatilimab-csfr

Drug name(s)

Axatilimab-csfr Niktimvo™

Axicabtagene ciloleucel

Drug name(s)

Yescarta® Axicabtagene ciloleucel

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) 
  • Follicular Lymphoma (FL) 

Azacitidine

Drug name(s)

Vidaza® Azacitidine Onureg®

Approved for

  • Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Brentuximab vedotin

Drug name(s)

Adcetris® Brentuximab vedotin

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • T-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL)
  • Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified (PTCL-NOS)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Calaspargase pegol-mknl

Drug name(s)

Asparlas® Calaspargase pegol-mknl

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Copanlisib

Drug name(s)

Aliqopa® Copanlisib

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Follicular Lymphoma (FL) 

Cytarabine

Drug name(s)

Cytosar-U® Cytosine arabinoside Ara-C Cytarabine Liposomal cytarabine DepoCyt®

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
  • Lymphoma

Darbepoetin alfa

Drug name(s)

Aranesp® Darbepoetin alfa

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Doxorubicin

Drug name(s)

Adriamycin® Doxorubicin

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Lymphoma
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL)
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

Idecabtagene vicleucel

Drug name(s)

Abecma® Idecabtagene vicleucel

Approved for

  • Myeloma

Melphalan

Drug name(s)

Alkeran® Melphalan

Approved for

  • Myeloma

Nelarabine

Drug name(s)

Arranon® Nelarabine

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Lymphoma

Obecabtagene autoleucel

Drug name(s)

Aucatzyl® Obecabtagene autoleucel

Approved for

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Ofatumumab

Drug name(s)

Arzerra® Ofatumumab

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)

Pamidronate

Drug name(s)

Aredia® Pamidronate

Approved for

  • Myeloma
  • Other Blood Cancers

Tocilizumab

Drug name(s)

Actemra® Tocilizumab

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Tretinoin

Drug name(s)

Vesanoid® ATRA Tretinoin All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)

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