Cancer drugs

A guide to drugs commonly used in cancer treatment: uses, administration, common and serious side effects and key points — based on the official drug label and pivotal studies.

Abemaciclib (Verzenio) Breast cancer Abiraterone (Zytiga) Prostate cancer Arsenic trioxide (Trisenox) Leukaemia Azacitidine (Vidaza) Leukaemia Bendamustine LymphomaLeukaemia Bevacizumab (Avastin) Colorectal cancerLung cancerBrain tumours+4 Bortezomib (Velcade) Multiple myelomaLymphomaBlood cancers Capecitabine (Xeloda) Colorectal cancerBreast cancerStomach cancer+2 Carboplatin (Paraplatin) Ovarian cancerLung cancerBreast cancer+4 Cetuximab (Erbitux) Head and neck cancersColorectal cancer Cisplatin (Platinol) Bladder cancerOvarian cancerHead and neck cancers+4 Cyclophosphamide (Endoxan) Breast cancerLymphomaLeukaemia+3 Dasatinib (Sprycel) Leukaemia Denosumab (Xgeva) Breast cancerProstate cancerMultiple myeloma Docetaxel (Taxotere) Breast cancerProstate cancerLung cancer+3 Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) Breast cancerLymphomaLeukaemia+6 Enzalutamide (Xtandi) Prostate cancer Etoposide Lung cancerLymphomaTesticular cancer Everolimus (Afinitor) Breast cancerKidney cancer Exemestane (Aromasin) Breast cancer Filgrastim (Neupogen) Breast cancerLung cancerLymphoma+2 Fluorouracil (5-FU) Colorectal cancerStomach cancerOesophageal cancer+2 Fulvestrant (Faslodex) Breast cancer Gemcitabine (Gemzar) Pancreatic cancerLung cancerBladder cancer+3 Goserelin (Zoladex) Prostate cancerBreast cancer Hydroxyurea (Hydrea) LeukaemiaBlood cancers Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) LeukaemiaLymphomaBlood cancers Imatinib (Gleevec) LeukaemiaBlood cancers Irinotecan (Camptosar) Colorectal cancerPancreatic cancer Lenalidomide (Revlimid) Multiple myelomaLymphomaBlood cancers Lenvatinib (Lenvima) Thyroid cancerLiver cancerKidney cancer+1 Letrozole (Femara) Breast cancer Leuprolide (Lupron/Eligard) Prostate cancer Nilotinib (Tasigna) Leukaemia Nivolumab (Opdivo) MelanomaLung cancerKidney cancer+7 Olaparib (Lynparza) Ovarian cancerBreast cancerPancreatic cancer+2 Osimertinib (Tagrisso) Lung cancer Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) Colorectal cancerStomach cancerOesophageal cancer+1 Paclitaxel (Taxol) Ovarian cancerBreast cancerLung cancer+4 Palbociclib (Ibrance) Breast cancer Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) MelanomaLung cancerHead and neck cancers+11 Pertuzumab (Perjeta) Breast cancer Rituximab (Rituxan/MabThera) LymphomaLeukaemiaBlood cancers Sorafenib (Nexavar) Liver cancerKidney cancerThyroid cancer Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) Breast cancer Temozolomide (Temodal) Brain tumours Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Breast cancerStomach cancerOesophageal cancer+1 Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) Breast cancerLung cancerStomach cancer+5 Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) Breast cancer Venetoclax (Venclexta) LeukaemiaBlood cancersLymphoma Vinorelbine (Navelbine) Lung cancerBreast cancer Alectinib (Alecensa) Lung cancer Anastrozole (Arimidex) Breast cancer Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) Lung cancerLiver cancerBladder cancer+2 Daratumumab (Darzalex) Multiple myelomaBlood cancers Oral tretinoin (ATRA) Leukaemia Acalabrutinib (Calquence) LeukaemiaLymphoma Durvalumab (Imfinzi) Lung cancerLiver cancerBladder cancer+2 Ipilimumab (Yervoy) MelanomaKidney cancerColorectal cancer+3 Ribociclib (Kisqali) Breast cancer