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Drug Information Summaries

NCI's drug information summaries provide consumer-friendly information about drugs that are used to treat cancer or conditions related to cancer. There are summaries for individual drugs and for commonly used drug combinations.

Summaries for Individual Drugs

Summaries for individual drugs cover the uses of the drugs, research results, possible side effects, approval information, and ongoing clinical trials. The list below includes brand and generic drug names for individual drug summaries. For each brand name, the generic name is shown in parentheses.

Summaries for Drug Combinations

Summaries for drug combinations include the common abbreviation for each combination, a list of the drugs that make up the combination, and what the combination is used for. When a summary for any of the individual drugs in a combination is available, a link to that summary is included. The drug combination summaries are listed by their abbreviation or common name and shown in capital letters in the list below.

Alphabetical List of Drug Information Summaries

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z  
A
Abitrexate (Methotrexate) 1
Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) 2
ABVD 3
AC-T 4
Adriamycin (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride) 5
Adrucil (Fluorouracil) 6
Afinitor (Everolimus) 7
Aldara (Imiquimod) 8
Aldesleukin 9
Alemtuzumab 10
Alimta (Pemetrexed Disodium) 11
Aminolevulinic Acid 12
Anastrozole 13
Aprepitant 14
Arimidex (Anastrozole) 13
Aromasin (Exemestane) 15
Arranon (Nelarabine) 16
Arsenic Trioxide 17
Arzerra (Ofatumumab) 18
Avastin (Bevacizumab) 19
Azacitidine 20
B
BEACOPP 21
Bendamustine Hydrochloride 22
Bevacizumab 19
Bexarotene 23
Bexxar (Tositumomab and I 131 Iodine Tositumomab) 24
Bortezomib 25
Bleomycin 26
C
CAF 27
Campath (Alemtuzumab) 10
Camptosar (Irinotecan Hydrochloride) 28
Capecitabine 29
Carboplatin 30
Cerubidine (Daunorubicin Hydrochloride) 31
Cervarix (Recombinant HPV Bivalent Vaccine) 32
Cetuximab 33
CHOP 34
Cisplatin 35
Clafen (Cyclophosphamide) 36
Clofarabine 37
Clofarex (Clofarabine) 37
Clolar (Clofarabine) 37
CMF 38
Cyclophosphamide 36
Cytarabine 39
Cytosar-U (Cytarabine) 39
Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide) 36
D
Dacarbazine 40
Dacogen (Decitabine) 41
Dasatinib 42
Daunorubicin Hydrochloride 31
Decitabine 41
Degarelix 43
DepoCyt (Liposomal Cytarabine) 44
DepoFoam (Liposomal Cytarabine) 44
Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride 45
Docetaxel 46
Doxil (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 47
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride 5
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome 47
Dox-SL (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 47
DTIC-Dome (Dacarbazine) 40
E
Efudex (Fluorouracil) 6
Eligard (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Elitek (Rasburicase) 49
Ellence (Epirubicin Hydrochloride) 50
Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin) 51
Eltrombopag Olamine 52
Emend (Aprepitant) 14
Epirubicin Hydrochloride 50
EPOCH 53
Erbitux (Cetuximab) 33
Erlotinib Hydrochloride 54
Etopophos (Etoposide Phosphate) 55
Etoposide 56
Etoposide Phosphate 55
Evacet (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 47
Everolimus 7
Evista (Raloxifene Hydrochloride) 57
Exemestane 15
F
Faslodex (Fulvestrant) 58
Fareston (Toremifene) 59
Femara (Letrozole) 60
Filgrastim 61
Folex (Methotrexate) 62
Folex PFS (Methotrexate) 62
FOLFIRI 63
FOLFOX 64
Folotyn (Pralatrexate) 65
Fludara (Fludarabine Phosphate) 66
Fludarabine Phosphate 67
Fluoroplex (Fluorouracil) 6
Fluorouracil 6
Fulvestrant 58
G
Gardasil (Recombinant HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine) 68
Gefitinib 69
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride 70
GEMCITABINE-CISPLATIN 71
Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin 72
Gemzar (Gemcitabine Hydrochloride) 70
Gleevec (Imatinib Mesylate) 73
H
Herceptin (Trastuzumab) 74
Hycamtin (Topotecan Hydrochloride) 75
I
Ibritumomab Tiuxetan 76
ICE 77
Imatinib Mesylate 73
Imiquimod 8
Iressa (Gefitinib) 69
Irinotecan Hydrochloride 78
Istodax (Romidepsin) 79
Ixabepilone 80
Ixempra (Ixabepilone) 80
J
[No Entries]
K
Keoxifene (Raloxifene Hydrochloride) 57
Kepivance (Palifermin) 81
L
Lapatinib Ditosylate 82
Lenalidomide 83
Letrozole 60
Leucovorin Calcium 84
Leuprolide Acetate 48
Levulan (Aminolevulinic Acid) 12
LipoDox (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 47
Liposomal Cytarabine 44
Lupron (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Lupron Depot (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Lupron Depot-Ped (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Lupron Depot-3 Month (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Lupron Depot-4 Month (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
M
Methazolastone (Temozolomide) 85
Methotrexate 62
Methotrexate LPF (Methotrexate) 62
Mexate (Methotrexate) 62
Mexate-AQ (Methotrexate) 62
MOPP 86
Mozobil (Plerixafor) 87
Mylosar (Azacitidine) 20
Mylotarg (Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin) 72
N
Nanoparticle Paclitaxel (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) 2
Nelarabine 16
Neosar (Cyclophosphamide) 36
Neupogen (Filgrastim) 61
Nexavar (Sorafenib Tosylate) 88
Nilotinib 89
Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate) 90
Nplate (Romiplostim) 91
O
Ofatumumab 18
Oncaspar (Pegaspargase) 92
Oxaliplatin 51
P
Paclitaxel 93
Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation 2
Palifermin 81
Panitumumab 94
Paraplat (Carboplatin) 30
Paraplatin (Carboplatin) 30
Pazopanib Hydrochloride 95
Pegaspargase 92
Pemetrexed Disodium 11
Platinol-AQ (Cisplatin) 35
Platinol (Cisplatin) 35
Plerixafor 96
Pralatrexate 65
Proleukin (Aldesleukin) 9
Promacta (Eltrombopag Olamine) 52
Q
[No Entries]
R
Raloxifene Hydrochloride 57
Rasburicase 49
R-CHOP 97
Recombinant HPV Bivalent Vaccine 32
Recombinant HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine 68
Revlimid (Lenalidomide) 83
Rheumatrex (Methotrexate) 62
Rituxan (Rituximab) 98
Rituximab 98
Romidepsin 99
Romiplostim 100
Rubidomycin (Daunorubicin Hydrochloride) 31
S
Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol (Talc) 101
Sorafenib Tosylate 88
Sprycel (Dasatinib) 42
STANFORD V 102
Sterile Talc Powder (Talc) 101
Steritalc (Talc) 101
Sunitinib Malate 103
Sutent (Sunitinib Malate) 103
Synovir (Thalidomide) 104
T
Talc 101
Tamoxifen Citrate 90
Tarabine PFS (Cytarabine) 39
Tarceva (Erlotinib Hydrochloride) 54
Targretin (Bexarotene) 23
Tasigna (Nilotinib) 89
Taxol (Paclitaxel) 93
Taxotere (Docetaxel) 46
Temodar (Temozolomide) 85
Temozolomide 85
Temsirolimus 105
Thalomid (Thalidomide) 104
Thalidomide 104
Toposar (Etoposide) 56
Topotecan Hydrochloride 75
Toremifene 59
Totect (Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride) 106
Torisel (Temsirolimus) 105
Tositumomab and I 131 Iodine Tositumomab 24
Trastuzumab 74
Treanda (Bendamustine Hydrochloride) 22
Trisenox (Arsenic Trioxide) 17
Tykerb (Lapatinib Ditosylate) 82
U
[No Entries]
V
Vectibix (Panitumumab) 94
Velcade (Bortezomib) 25
VePesid (Etoposide) 56
Viadur (Leuprolide Acetate) 48
Vidaza (Azacitidine) 20
Vincasar PFS (Vincristine Sulfate) 107
Vincristine Sulfate 107
Vorinostat 108
W
Wellcovorin (Leucovorin Calcium) 109
X
Xeloda (Capecitabine) 29
Y
[No Entries]
Z
Zevalin (Ibritumomab Tiuxetan) 76
Zinecard (Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride) 45
Zoledronic Acid 110
Zolinza (Vorinostat) 108
Votrient (Pazopanib Hydrochloride) 95
Zometa (Zoledronic Acid) 111


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/methotrexate
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nanoparticlepaclitaxel
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ABVD
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/AC-T
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/doxorubicinhydrochloride
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fluorouracil
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/everolimus
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/imiquimod
9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aldesleukin
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/alemtuzumab
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pemetrexeddisodium
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aminolevulinicacid
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/anastrozole
14http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aprepitant
15http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/exemestane
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nelarabine
17http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/arsenictrioxide
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ofatumumab
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bevacizumab
20http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/azacitidine
21http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/BEACOPP
22http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bendamustinehydrochloride
23http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bexarotene
24http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/tositumomab-I131tositumomab
25http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bortezomib
26http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bleomycin
27http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CAF
28http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/IrinotecanHydrochloride
29http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/capecitabine
30http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/carboplatin
31http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/daunorubicinhydrochloride
32http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-recombinant-hpv-bivalent-vaccine
33http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cetuximab
34http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CHOP
35http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cisplatin
36http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cyclophosphamide
37http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/clofarabine
38http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CMF
39http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cytarabine
40http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dacarbazine
41http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/decitabine
42http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dasatinib
43http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/degarelix
44http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/liposomalcytarabine
45http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dexrazoxanehydrochloride
46http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/docetaxel
47http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/doxorubicin-hydrochloride-liposome
48http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/leuprolideacetate
49http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-rasburicase
50http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/epirubicinhydrochloride
51http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/oxaliplatin
52http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/eltrombopagolamine
53http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/EPOCH
54http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/erlotinibhydrochloride
55http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/etoposidephosphate
56http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/etoposide
57http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/raloxifenehydrochloride
58http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fulvestrant
59http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/toremifene
60http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/letrozole
61http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/filgrastim
62http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/methotrexate
63http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFIRI
64http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFOX
65http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pralatrexate
66http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fludarabinephosphate
67http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fludarabinephosphate
68http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-recombinant-hpv-quadrivalent-va
ccine
69http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gefitinib
70http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gemcitabinehydrochloride
71http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/Gemcitabine-Cisplatin
72http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gemtuzumabozogamicin
73http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/imatinibmesylate
74http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/trastuzumab
75http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/topotecanhydrochloride
76http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ibritumomabtiuxetan
77http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ICE
78http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/irinotecanhydrochlride
79http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-romidepsin
80http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ixabepilone
81http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/palifermin
82http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/lapatinibditosylate
83http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/lenalidomide
84http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/leucovorincalcium
85http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/temozolomide
86http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/MOPP
87http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/plerixafor
88http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/sorafenibtosylate
89http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nilotinib
90http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/tamoxifencitrate
91http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/romiplostim
92http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pegaspargase
93http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/paclitaxel
94http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/panitumumab
95http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-pazopanibhydrochloride
96http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/plerixafor
97http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/R-CHOP
98http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/rituximab
99http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-romidepsin
100http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/romiplostim
101http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/talc
102http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/StanfordV
103http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/sunitinibmalate
104http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/thalidomide
105http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/temsirolimus
106http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dexrazoxanehydrochloride
107http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vincristinesulfate
108http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vorinostat
109http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/leucovorincalcium
110http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/zoledronicacid
111http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/zoledronicacid