This overview of cancer medicines contains information for patients and explains definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer.
Drugs included in this overview are registered for use in Europe via the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and are available for prescription in the United Kingdom.
A
- Aldara
- (a brand of Imiquimod)
- Aldesleukin
- (a generic version of Proleukin)
- Alimta
- Alkeran injection
- (a brand of Melphalan Hydrochloride)
- Alkeran tablets
- (a brand of Melphalan)
- Anastrozole
- (a generic version of Arimidex)
- Aredia
- (a brand of Disodium Pamidronate)
- Arimidex
- Aromasin
- (a brand of Exemestane)
- Arsenic trioxide
- Atriance
- Avastin
B
- Bevacizumab
- (a generic version of Avastin)
- Bexarotene
- Bicalutamide
- BiCNU
- (a brand of Carmustine)
- Bleo-Kyowa
- (a brand of Bleomycin Sulphate)
- Bleomycin sulphate
- Bondronat
- Bonefos
- (a brand of Sodium Clodronate)
- Bortezomib
- (a generic version of Velcade)
- Buserelin acetate
- Busulfan
C
- Caelyx
- Calcium Folinate
- Calcium Levofolinate
- (a generic version of Isovorin)
- Campto
- Capecitabine
- (a generic version of Xeloda)
- Carboplatin
- Cardioxane
- (a brand of Dexrazoxane)
- Carmustine
- Casodex
- Cetuximab
- Chlorambucil
- Cisplatin
- Cladribine
- Cyclophosphamide monohydrate
- Cyprostat
- (a brand of Cyproterone Acetate)
- Cyproterone Acetate
- Cytarabine
D
- Dacarbazine citrate
- Dasatinib
- (a generic version of Sprycel)
- Daunorubicin hydrochloride citrate
- Decapeptyl
- DepoCyte
- (a brand of Cytarabine)
- Dexamethasone sodium phosphate
- Dexrazoxane
- Disodium Folinate
- Disodium Pamidronate
- Docetaxel
- Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
- Doxorubin
- (a brand of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride)
- Droxia
- (a brand of Hydroxycarbamide)
E
- Efudix
- (a brand of Fluorouracil)
- Eloxatin
- (a brand of Oxaliplatin)
- Endoxana
- (a brand of Cyclophosphamide Monohydrate)
- Epirubicin hydrochloride
- Eposin
- (a brand of Etoposide)
- Erbitux
- (a brand of Cetuximab)
- Erlotinib hydrochloride
- (a generic version of Tarceva)
- Estracyt
- (a brand of Estramustine Sodium Phosphate)
- Estramustine Sodium Phosphate
- Ethinylestradiol
- Etopophos
- Etoposide
- Etoposide phosphate
- (a generic version of Etopophos)
- Exemestane
F
- Fareston
- Faslodex
- Femara
- (a brand of Letrozole)
- Fludara
- (a brand of Fludarabine Phosphate)
- Fludarabine Phosphate
- Fluorouracil
- Fluorouracil sodium
- Fulvestrant
- (a generic version of Faslodex)
G
- Gemcitabine hydrochloride
- (a generic version of Gemzar)
- Gemzar
- Gliadel
- (a brand of Carmustine)
- Glivec
- (a brand of Imatinib Mesilate)
- Gonapeptyl
- (a brand of Triptorelin Acetate)
- Goserelin acetate
- (a generic version of Zoladex)
H
I
- Idarubicin Hydrochloride
- (a generic version of Zavedos)
- Imatinib mesilate
- Imiquimod
- Interferon Alfa-2b (Rbe)
- IntronA
- (a brand of Interferon Alfa-2B (Rbe))
- Irinotecan hydrochloride trihydrate
- (a generic version of Campto)
- Isovorin
K
L
- Lanreotide acetate
- (a generic version of Somatuline)
- Lanvis
- (a brand of Tioguanine)
- Lapatinib ditosylate monohydrate
- (a generic version of Tyverb)
- Lenalidomide
- (a generic version of Revlimid)
- Letrozole
- Leukeran
- (a brand of Chlorambucil)
- Leuprorelin acetate
- (a generic version of Prostap)
- Leustat
- Lomustine
- Loron 520
- (a brand of Sodium Clodronate)
- Lysodren
- (a brand of Mitotane)
M
- MabThera
- Maxtrex
- (a brand of Methotrexate)
- Medrone
- (a brand of Methylprednisolone)
- Medroxyprogesterone acetate
- Megace
- Megestrol acetate
- (a generic version of Megace)
- Melphalan hydrochloride
- Mercaptopurine
- Methotrexate
- Methotrexate sodium
- Methyl Aminolevulinate Hydrochloride
- Methylprednisolone
- Methysergide maleate
- Metvix
- (a brand of Methyl Aminolevulinate Hydrochloride)
- Mitomycin
- Mitomycin-C Kyowa
- (a brand of Mitomycin)
- Mitotane
- Mitoxantrone hydrochloride
- Modrenal
- (a brand of Trilostane)
- Myleran
- (a brand of Busulfan)
- Myocet
- (a brand of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride)
N
- Navelbine
- Nelarabine
- (a generic version of Atriance)
- Nilotinib hydrochloride monohydrate
- Nipent
- (a brand of Pentostatin)
- Norethisterone
O
P
- Paclitaxel
- Panitumumab
- (a generic version of Vectibix)
- Pemetrexed disodium
- (a generic version of Alimta)
- Pentostatin
- Pharmorubicin
- (a brand of Epirubicin Hydrochloride)
- Prednisolone
- Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate
- Procarbazine hydrochloride
- Proleukin
- Prostap
- Provera
- (a brand of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate)
- Puri-Nethol
- (a brand of Mercaptopurine)
R
- Raltitrexed
- Refolinon
- (a brand of Calcium Folinate)
- Revlimid
- Rituximab
- (a generic version of Mabthera)
- Roferon-A
S
- Sandostatin
- (a brand of Octreotide Acetate)
- Sodiofolin
- (a brand of Disodium Folinate)
- Sodium Clodronate
- Somatuline
- Sprycel
- Sunitinib malate
- Suprefact
- (a brand of Buserelin Acetate)
- Sutent
- (a brand of Sunitinib Malate)
T
- Tamoxifen citrate
- Tarceva
- Targretin
- (a brand of Bexarotene)
- Tasigna
- (a brand of Nilotinib Hydrochloride Monohydrate)
- Taxol
- (a brand of Paclitaxel)
- Taxotere
- (a brand of Docetaxel)
- Tegafur/Uracil
- Temodal
- Temozolomide
- (a generic version of Temodal)
- Thyrotropin alfa
- Tioguanine
- Tomudex
- (a brand of Raltitrexed)
- Topotecan hydrochloride
- (a generic version of Hycamtin)
- Toremifene citrate
- (a generic version of Fareston)
- Trastuzumab
- (a generic version of Herceptin)
- Treosulfan
- Tretinoin
- Trilostane
- Triptorelin acetate
- Trisenox
- (a brand of Arsenic Trioxide)
- Tyverb
U
- Uftoral
- (a brand of Tegafur/Uracil)
- Utovlan
V
- Vectibix
- Velcade
- Vepesid
- Vesanoid
- Vinblastine
- (a brand of Vinblastine Sulphate)
- Vinblastine Sulphate
- Vincristine Sulphate
- Vinorelbine Tartrate
X
Z
Page last updated: 22 december 2012
