Cancer Drugs

Cancer Drugs Used in Canada - Cancer Care Ontario

The following list, thanks to Cancer Research UK

(Click on any underlined title to access the link)

A

ABVD

AC

ACE

Abiraterone (Zytiga)

Abraxane

Abstral

Actinomycin D

Actiq

Adriamycin

Afatinib (Giotrif)

Afinitor

Aflibercept (Zaltrap)

Aldara

Aldesleukin (IL-2, Proleukin or interleukin 2)

Alemtuzumab (MabCampath)

Alkeran

Amsacrine (Amsidine, m-AMSA)

Amsidine

Anastrozole (Arimidex)

Ara C

Aredia

Arimidex

Aromasin

Arsenic trioxide (Trisenox, ATO)

Asparaginase (Crisantaspase, Erwinase)

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)

Axitinib (Inlyta)

Azacitidine (Vidaza)

B

BEACOPP

BEAM

Bendamustine (Levact)

Bevacizumab (Avastin)

Bexarotene (Targretin)

Bicalutamide (Casodex)

Bleomycin

Bleomycin, etoposide and platinum (BEP)

Bortezomib (Velcade)

Bosulif

Bosutinib (Bosulif)

Brentuximab (Adcetris)

Brufen

Buserelin (Suprefact)

Busilvex

Busulfan (Myleran, Busilvex)

C

CAPE-OX

CAPOX

CAV

CAVE

CCNU

CHOP

CMF

CMV

CVP

Cabazitaxel (Jevtana)

Cabozantinib (Cometriq, Cabometyx)

Caelyx

Calpol

Campto

Capecitabine (Xeloda)

Caprelsa

Carbo MV

CarboTaxol

Carboplatin

Carboplatin and etoposide

Carboplatin and paclitaxel

Carmustine (BCNU)

Casodex

Ceritinib (Zykadia)

Cerubidin

Cetuximab (Erbitux)

ChlVPP

Chlorambucil (Leukeran)

Cisplatin

Cisplatin and Teysuno

Cisplatin and capecitabine (CX)

Cisplatin and fluorouracil (5FU)

Cisplatin, etoposide and ifosfamide (PEI)

Cisplatin, fluorouracil (5-FU) and trastuzumab

Cladribine (Leustat, LITAK)

Clasteon

Clofarabine (Evoltra)

Co-codamol (Kapake, Solpadol, Tylex)

Cometriq

Cosmegen

Crisantaspase

Crizotinib (Xalkori)

Cyclophosphamide

Cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone (CTD)

Cyprostat

Cyproterone acetate (Cyprostat)

Cytarabine (Ara C, cytosine arabinoside)

Cytarabine into spinal fluid

Cytosine arabinoside

D

DHAP

DTIC

Dabrafenib (Tafinlar)

Dacarbazine (DTIC)

Dacogen

Dactinomycin (actinomycin D, Cosmegen)

Dasatinib (Sprycel)

Daunorubicin

De Gramont

Decapeptyl SR

Decitabine (Dacogen)

Degarelix (Firmagon)

Denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva)

Depocyte

Dexamethasone

Diamorphine

Disodium pamidronate

Disprol

Docetaxel (Taxotere)

Docetaxel, cisplatin and fluorouracil (TPF)

Doxifos

Doxil

Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)

Doxorubicin and ifosfamide (Doxifos)

Drogenil

Durogesic

E

EC

ECF

EOF

EOX

EP

ESHAP

Effentora

Efudix

Eldisine

Eloxatin

Enzalutamide (Xtandi)

Epirubicin (Pharmorubicin)

Epirubicin, carboplatin and capecitabine (ECarboX)

Epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine (ECX)

Eposin

Erbitux

Eribulin (Halaven)

Erlotinib (Tarceva)

Erwinase

Estracyt

Etopophos

Etoposide (Eposin, Etopophos, Vepesid)

Everolimus

Evoltra

Exemestane (Aromasin)

F

FAD

FEC

FMD

FOLFIRINOX

Faslodex

Femara

Fentanyl

Firmagon

Fludara

Fludarabine (Fludara)

Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR)

Fluorouracil (5FU)

Fluorouracil (5FU) and mitomycin C

Fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide and docetaxel (FEC-T)

Flutamide

Folinic acid, fluorouracil and irinotecan (FOLFIRI)

Folinic acid, fluorouracil and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX)

Fulvestrant (Faslodex)

G

G-CSF

Gefitinib (Iressa)

GemCarbo (gemcitabine and carboplatin)

GemTaxol

Gemcitabine (Gemzar)

Gemcitabine and capecitabine (GemCap)

Gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC)

Gemcitabine and paclitaxel (GemTaxol)

Gemzar

Giotrif

Gleevec

Gliadel (carmustine wafers)

Glivec

Gonapeptyl Depot

Goserelin (Zoladex)

Goserelin (Zoladex, Novgos)

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)

H

Halaven

Herceptin

Hycamtin

Hydrea

Hydroxycarbamide (Hydrea)

Hydroxyurea

I

I-DEX

ICE

IL-2

IPE

Ibandronic acid (Bondronat)

Ibrutinib (Imbruvica)

Ibuprofen (Brufen, Nurofen)

Iclusig

Idarubicin (Zavedos)

Idarubicin and dexamethasone

Idelalisib (Zydelig)

Ifosfamide (Mitoxana)

Imatinib (Glivec)

Imiquimod cream (Aldara)

Imnovid

Instanyl

Interferon alfa (IntronA, Roferon-A)

Interleukin

Intron A

Ipilimumab (Yervoy)

Iressa

Irinotecan (Campto)

Irinotecan and capecitabine (XELIRI)

Irinotecan de Gramont

Irinotecan modified de Gramont

J

Javlor

Jevtana

K

Kadcyla

Kapake

Keytruda

L

Lanreotide (Somatuline)

Lanvis

Lapatinib (Tyverb)

Lenalidomide (Revlimid)

Letrozole (Femara)

Leukeran

Leuprorelin (Prostap, Lutrate)

Leustat

Levact

Liposomal doxorubicin

Litak

Lomustine (CCNU)

Lynparza

Lysodren

M

MIC

MMM

MST Continus

MVAC

MVP

MabCampath

Mabthera

Maxtrex

Medroxyprogesterone acetate (Provera)

Megace

Megestrol acetate (Megace)

Melphalan (Alkeran)

Melphalan, prednisolone and thalidomide (MPT)

Mepact

Mercaptopurine (Xaluprine)

Methotrexate

Methyl prednisolone

Mifamurtide (Mepact)

Mitomycin C

Mitotane

Mitoxana

Mitoxantrone (Mitozantrone)

Morphgesic SR

Morphine

Myleran

Myocet

m-AMSA

N

Nab-paclitaxel

Nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane)

Navelbine

Nelarabine (Atriance)

Nexavar

Nilotinib (Tasigna)

Nintedanib (Vargatef)

Nipent

Nivolumab (Opdivo)

Novgos

Nurofen

O

Obinutuzumab (Gazyvaro)

Octreotide (Sandostatin)

Ofatumumab (Arzerra)

Olaparib (Lynparza)

Oncovin

Onkotrone

Opdivo

Oramorph

Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin)

Oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX)

P

PAD

PC (paclitaxel and carboplatin, CarboTaxol)

PCV

PE

PMitCEBO

POMB/ACE

Paclitaxel (Taxol)

Paclitaxel and carboplatin

Pamidronate

Panadol

Panitumumab (Vectibix)

Paracetamol

Pazopanib (Votrient)

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)

Pemetrexed (Alimta)

Pemetrexed and carboplatin

Pemetrexed and cisplatin

Pentostatin (Nipent)

Perjeta

Pertuzumab (Perjeta)

Pixantrone (Pixuvri)

Pixuvri

Pomalidomide (Imnovid)

Ponatinib (Iclusig)

Potactasol

Prednisolone

Procarbazine

Proleukin

Prolia

Prostap

Provera

Purinethol

R

R-CHOP

R-CVP

R-DHAP

R-ESHAP

R-GCVP

RICE

Raloxifene

Raltitrexed (Tomudex)

Regorafenib (Stivarga)

Revlimid

Rituximab (Mabthera, Rixathon, Truxima)

S

Sevredol

Sodium clodronate (Bonefos, Clasteon, Loron)

Solpadol

Sorafenib (Nexavar)

Steroids (dexamethasone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone and hydrocortisone)

Streptozocin (Zanosar)

Sunitinib (Sutent)

Sutent

T

TAC

TIP

Tafinlar

Tamoxifen

Tarceva

Targretin

Tasigna

Taxol

Taxotere

Taxotere and cyclophosphamide (TC)

Temodal

Temozolomide (Temodal)

Temsirolimus (Torisel)

Tepadina

Teysuno

Thalidomide

Thiotepa (Tepadina)

Tioguanine (thioguanine, 6-TG, 6-tioguanine)

Tomudex

Topotecan (Hycamtin, Potactasol)

Torisel

Trabectedin (Yondelis)

Trastuzumab (Herceptin)

Trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla)

Treosulfan

Tretinoin (Vesanoid, ATRA)

Triptorelin (Decapeptyl SR, Gonapeptyl Depot)

Trisenox

Tylex

Tyverb

V

VIDE

Vandetanib (Caprelsa)

Vargatef

VeIP

Vectibix

Velbe

Velcade

Vemurafenib (Zelboraf)

Vepesid

Vesanoid

Vidaza

Vinblastine (Velbe)

Vincristine

Vincristine, actinomycin D (dactinomycin) and cyclophosphamide (VAC)

Vincristine, actinomycin and ifosfamide (VAI)

Vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone (VAD)

Vindesine (Eldisine)

Vinflunine (Javlor)

Vinorelbine (Navelbine)

Vismodegib (Erivedge)

Votrient

X

XELOX

Xalkori

Xeloda

Xgeva

Xtandi

Y

Yervoy

Yondelis

Z

Z-DEX

Zaltrap

Zanosar

Zavedos

Zelboraf

Zevalin

Zoladex (breast cancer)

Zoladex (prostate cancer)

Zoledronic acid (Zometa)

Zometa

Zomorph

Zydelig

Zytiga