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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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Azacitidine

Drug name(s)

Vidaza® Azacitidine Onureg®

Approved for

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

Bortezomib

Drug name(s)

Velcade® Bortezomib

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) 
  • Myeloma

Daunorubicin and cytarabine

Drug name(s)

Vyxeos® Daunorubicin and cytarabine

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Etoposide

Drug name(s)

Etopophos® Toposar® VePesid® VP-16 Etoposide

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL)
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

Mechlorethamine gel

Drug name(s)

Valchlor® Mechlorethamine gel

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
  • Other Blood Cancers

Pacritinib

Drug name(s)

Vonjo™ Pacritinib

Approved for

  • Primary Myelofibrosis
  • Polycythemia Vera
  • Other Blood Cancers

quizartinib

Drug name(s)

Quizartinib Vanflyta®

Approved for

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Teniposide

Drug name(s)

Vumon® VM-26 Teniposide

Approved for

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

Vemurafenib

Drug name(s)

Zelboraf® Vemurafenib

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Venetoclax

Drug name(s)

Venclexta® Venetoclax

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)

Vinblastine

Drug name(s)

Velban® Vinblastine

Approved for

  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma
  • Other Blood Cancers

Vincristine

Drug name(s)

Oncovin® Vincristine

Approved for

  • Other Blood Cancers

Vorinostat

Drug name(s)

Zolinza® Vorinostat

Approved for

  • Lymphoma
  • Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL)

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