List of chemotherapeutic agents
This is a list of specific pharmacologic agents that are known to be of use in the treatment of cancer, otherwise known as chemotherapeutic agents. This list is organized by "type" of agent, though the subsections are not necessarily definitive and are subject to revision. Each drug is listed once (at present), though it might fall in more than one subsection.
A full alphabetical listing is included after the categorical listing.
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Alkylating agents
Anthracyclines
Cytoskeletal disruptors (Taxanes)
Epothilones
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Inhibitors of Topoisomerase I
Inhibitors of Topoisomerase II
Kinase inhibitors
Monoclonal antibodies
Nucleotide analogs and precursor analogs
- Azacitidine
- Azathioprine
- Capecitabine
- Cytarabine
- Doxifluridine
- Fluorouracil
- Gemcitabine
- Hydroxyurea
- Mercaptopurine
- Methotrexate
- Tioguanine (formerly Thioguanine)
Peptide antibiotics
Platinum-based agents
Retinoids
Vinca alkaloids and derivatives
Full alphabetical listing
- Actinomycin
- All-trans retinoic acid
- Azacitidine
- Azathioprine
- Bleomycin
- Bortezomib
- Carboplatin
- Capecitabine
- Cisplatin
- Chlorambucil
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cytarabine
- Daunorubicin
- Docetaxel
- Doxifluridine
- Doxorubicin
- Epirubicin
- Epothilone
- Etoposide
- Fluorouracil
- Gemcitabine
- Hydroxyurea
- Idarubicin
- Imatinib
- Irinotecan
- Mechlorethamine
- Mercaptopurine
- Methotrexate
- Mitoxantrone
- Oxaliplatin
- Paclitaxel
- Pemetrexed
- Teniposide
- Tioguanine
- Topotecan
- Valrubicin
- Vinblastine
- Vincristine
- Vindesine
- Vinorelbine