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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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Asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)- rywn

Drug name(s)

Asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)- rywn Rylaze®

Approved for

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Belumosudil

Drug name(s)

Rezurock™ Belumosudil

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Eflapegrastim-xnst

Drug name(s)

Rolvedon™ Eflapegrastim-xnst

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Epoetin alfa

Drug name(s)

Epogen® Procrit® EPO Epoetin alfa Epoetin alfa-epbx* Retacrit™ *

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Filgrastim

Drug name(s)

Neupogen® Filgrastim G-CSF Zarxio™ * Filgrastim-sndz* Nivestym™ * Filgrastim-aafi* Releuko* Filgrastim-ayow*

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Imetelstat

Drug name(s)

Rytelo Imetelstat

Approved for

  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Interferon alfa-2a

Drug name(s)

Roferon®-A Interferon alfa-2a

Approved for

  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
  • Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Lenalidomide

Drug name(s)

Revlimid® Lenalidomide

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
  • Lymphoma
  • Follicular Lymphoma (FL) 
  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) 
  • Marginal Zone Lymphoma (MZL) 
  • Myeloma
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Luspatercept-aamt

Drug name(s)

Reblozyl® Luspatercept-aamt

Approved for

  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)

Methotrexate

Drug name(s)

Rheumatrex® Trexall® Methotrexate

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Midostaurin

Drug name(s)

Rydapt® Midostaurin

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Other Blood Cancers

Olutasidenib

Drug name(s)

Olutasidenib Rezlidhia™

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Rasburicase

Drug name(s)

Elitek® Rasburicase

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma

Remestemcel-L-rknd

Drug name(s)

Ryoncil® Remestemcel-L-rknd

Revumenib

Drug name(s)

Revumenib Revuforj®

Approved for

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Rituximab

Drug name(s)

Rituxan® Rituximab Truxima® * Rituximab-abbs* Ruxience™ * Rituximab-pvvr* Riabni Rituximab-arrx*

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
  • B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia
  • Lymphoma
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
  • Burkitt Lymphoma (BL)
  • Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) 

Rituximab and hyaluronidase human

Drug name(s)

Rituxan Hycela® Rituximab and hyaluronidase human

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
  • Lymphoma
  • Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) 
  • Follicular Lymphoma (FL) 

Romidepsin

Drug name(s)

Istodax® Romidepsin

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL)

Ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft

Drug name(s)

Ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft Besremi®

Approved for

  • Polycythemia Vera

Ruxolitinib

Drug name(s)

Jakafi® Ruxolitinib

Approved for

  • Essential Thrombocythemia
  • Primary Myelofibrosis
  • Polycythemia Vera

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