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Cancer Drug Information

  • Updated: 02/13/2012

Cancer Drug Information

This list includes more than 100 cancer drug information summaries from NCI. The summaries provide consumer-friendly information about cancer drugs and drug combinations.

Summaries for individual cancer drugs cover the uses of these drugs, research results, possible side effects, approval information, and ongoing clinical trials. The list includes brand and generic names for the drugs.

Summaries for cancer drug combinations are listed by abbreviation or common name and are shown in capital letters. Each summary gives a list of the drugs that make up the combination and explains what the combination is used for. It also has links to summaries for individual drugs in the combination.

 
 
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
 Abiraterone Acetate 1
 Abitrexate (Methotrexate) 2
 Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) 3
 ABVD 4
 ABVE 5
 ABVE-PC 6
 AC 7
 AC-T 8
 Adcetris (Brentuximab Vedotin) 9
 ADE 10
 Adriamycin (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride) 11
 Adrucil (Fluorouracil) 12
 Afinitor (Everolimus) 13
 Aldara (Imiquimod) 14
 Aldesleukin 15
 Alemtuzumab 16
 Alimta (Pemetrexed Disodium) 17
 Aloxi (Palonosetron Hydrochloride) 18
 Ambochlorin (Chlorambucil) 19
 Amboclorin (Chlorambucil) 19
 Aminolevulinic Acid 20
 Anastrozole 21
 Aprepitant 22
 Arimidex (Anastrozole) 21
 Aromasin (Exemestane) 23
 Arranon (Nelarabine) 24
 Arsenic Trioxide 25
 Arzerra (Ofatumumab) 26
 Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi 27
 Avastin (Bevacizumab) 28
 Axitinib 29
 Azacitidine 30
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 B
 BEACOPP 31
 Bendamustine Hydrochloride 32
 BEP 33
 Bevacizumab 28
 Bexarotene 34
 Bexxar (Tositumomab and I 131 Iodine Tositumomab) 35
 Bleomycin 36
 Bortezomib 37
 Brentuximab Vedotin 9
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 C
 Cabazitaxel 38
 CAF 39
 Campath (Alemtuzumab) 16
 Camptosar (Irinotecan Hydrochloride) 40
 Capecitabine 41
 Carboplatin 42
 Cerubidine (Daunorubicin Hydrochloride) 43
 Cervarix (Recombinant HPV Bivalent Vaccine) 44
 Cetuximab 45
 Chlorambucil 19
 CHLORAMBUCIL-PREDNISONE 46
 CHOP 47
 Cisplatin 48
 Clafen (Cyclophosphamide) 49
 Clofarabine 50
 Clofarex (Clofarabine) 50
 Clolar (Clofarabine) 50
 CMF 51
 COPP 52
 Crizotinib 53
 CVP 54
 Cyclophosphamide 49
 Cyfos (Ifosfamide) 55
 Cytarabine 56
 Cytarabine, Liposomal 57
 Cytosar-U (Cytarabine) 56
 Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide) 49
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 D
 Dacarbazine 58
 Dacogen (Decitabine) 59
 Dasatinib 60
 Daunorubicin Hydrochloride 43
 Decitabine 59
 Degarelix 61
 Denileukin Diftitox 62
 Denosumab 63
 DepoCyt (Liposomal Cytarabine) 57
 DepoFoam (Liposomal Cytarabine) 57
 Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride 64
 Docetaxel 65
 Doxil (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 66
 Doxorubicin Hydrochloride 11
 Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome 66
 Dox-SL (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 66
 DTIC-Dome (Dacarbazine) 58
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 E
 Efudex (Fluorouracil) 12
 Elitek (Rasburicase) 67
 Ellence (Epirubicin Hydrochloride) 68
 Eloxatin (Oxaliplatin) 69
 Eltrombopag Olamine 70
 Emend (Aprepitant) 22
 Epirubicin Hydrochloride 68
 EPOCH 71
 Erbitux (Cetuximab) 45
 Eribulin Mesylate 72
 Erivedge (Vismodegib) 73
 Erlotinib Hydrochloride 74
 Erwinaze (Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi) 27
 Etopophos (Etoposide Phosphate) 75
 Etoposide 76
 Etoposide Phosphate 75
 Evacet (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 66
 Everolimus 13
 Evista (Raloxifene Hydrochloride) 77
 Exemestane 23
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 F
 Fareston (Toremifene) 78
 Faslodex (Fulvestrant) 79
 FEC 80
 Femara (Letrozole) 81
 Filgrastim 82
 Fludara (Fludarabine Phosphate) 83
 Fludarabine Phosphate 83
 Fluoroplex (Fluorouracil) 12
 Fluorouracil 12
 Folex (Methotrexate) 2
 Folex PFS (Methotrexate) 2
 FOLFIRI 84
 FOLFIRI-BEVACIZUMAB 85
 FOLFIRINOX 86
 FOLFOX 87
 Folotyn (Pralatrexate) 88
 FU-LV 89
 Fulvestrant 79
  
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 G
 Gardasil (Recombinant HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine) 90
 Gefitinib 91
 Gemcitabine Hydrochloride 92
 GEMCITABINE-CISPLATIN 93
 Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin 94
 Gemzar (Gemcitabine Hydrochloride) 92
 Gleevec (Imatinib Mesylate) 95
 Glucarpidase 96
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 H
 Halaven (Eribulin Mesylate) 72
 Herceptin (Trastuzumab) 97
 HPV Bivalent Vaccine, Recombinant 44
 HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine, Recombinant 90
 Hycamtin (Topotecan Hydrochloride) 98
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 I
 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan 99
 ICE 100
 Ifex (Ifosfamide) 55
 Ifosfamide 55
 Ifosfamidum (Ifosfamide) 55
 Imatinib Mesylate 95
 Imiquimod 14
 Inlyta (Axitinib) 29
 Ipilimumab 101
 Iressa (Gefitinib) 91
 Irinotecan Hydrochloride 40
 Istodax (Romidepsin) 102
 Ixabepilone 103
 Ixempra (Ixabepilone) 103
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 J
 Jakafi (Ruxolitinib Phosphate) 104
 Jevtana (Cabazitaxel) 38
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 K
 Keoxifene (Raloxifene Hydrochloride) 77
 Kepivance (Palifermin) 105
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 L
 Lapatinib Ditosylate 106
 Lenalidomide 107
 Letrozole 81
 Leucovorin Calcium 108
 Leukeran (Chlorambucil) 19
 Leuprolide Acetate 109
 Levulan (Aminolevulinic Acid) 20
 Linfolizin (Chlorambucil) 19
 LipoDox (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome) 66
 Liposomal Cytarabine 57
 Lupron (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
 Lupron Depot (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
 Lupron Depot-Ped (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
 Lupron Depot-3 Month (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
 Lupron Depot-4 Month (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
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 M
 Matulane (Procarbazine Hydrochloride) 110
 Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride 111
 Mesna 112
 Mesnex (Mesna) 112
 Methazolastone (Temozolomide) 113
 Methotrexate 2
 Methotrexate LPF (Methotrexate) 2
 Mexate (Methotrexate) 2
 Mexate-AQ (Methotrexate) 2
 Mitomycin C 114
 Mitozytrex (Mitomycin C) 114
 MOPP 115
 Mozobil (Plerixafor) 116
 Mustargen (Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride) 111
 Mutamycin (Mitomycin C) 114
 Mylosar (Azacitidine) 30
 Mylotarg (Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin) 94
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 N
 Nanoparticle Paclitaxel (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation) 3
 Navelbine (Vinorelbine Tartrate) 117
 Nelarabine 24
 Neosar (Cyclophosphamide) 49
 Neupogen (Filgrastim) 82
 Nexavar (Sorafenib Tosylate) 118
 Nilotinib 119
 Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate) 120
 Nplate (Romiplostim) 121
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 O
 Ofatumumab 26
 Oncaspar (Pegaspargase) 122
 Ontak (Denileukin Diftitox) 62
 Oxaliplatin 69
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 P
 Paclitaxel 123
 Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation 3
 Palifermin 105
 Palonosetron Hydrochloride 18
 Panitumumab 124
 Paraplat (Carboplatin) 42
 Paraplatin (Carboplatin) 42
 Pazopanib Hydrochloride 125
 Pegaspargase 122
 Pemetrexed Disodium 17
 Platinol (Cisplatin) 48
 Platinol-AQ (Cisplatin) 48
 Plerixafor 116
 Pralatrexate 88
 Prednisone 126
 Procarbazine Hydrochloride 110
 Proleukin (Aldesleukin) 15
 Prolia (Denosumab) 63
 Promacta (Eltrombopag Olamine) 70
 Provenge (Sipuleucel-T) 127
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 Q
 [No Entries]
 R
 Raloxifene Hydrochloride 77
 Rasburicase 67
 R-CHOP 128
 R-CVP 129
 Recombinant HPV Bivalent Vaccine 44
 Recombinant HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine 90
 Revlimid (Lenalidomide) 107
 Rheumatrex (Methotrexate) 2
 Rituxan (Rituximab) 130
 Rituximab 130
 Romidepsin 102
 Romiplostim 121
 Rubidomycin (Daunorubicin Hydrochloride) 43
 Ruxolitinib Phosphate 104
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 S
 Sclerosol Intrapleural Aerosol (Talc) 131
 Sipuleucel-T 127
 Sorafenib Tosylate 118
 Sprycel (Dasatinib) 60
 STANFORD V 132
 Sterile Talc Powder (Talc) 131
 Steritalc (Talc) 131
 Sunitinib Malate 133
 Sutent (Sunitinib Malate) 133
 Synovir (Thalidomide) 134
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 T
 Talc 131
 Tamoxifen Citrate 120
 Tarabine PFS (Cytarabine) 56
 Tarceva (Erlotinib Hydrochloride) 74
 Targretin (Bexarotene) 34
 Tasigna (Nilotinib) 119
 Taxol (Paclitaxel) 123
 Taxotere (Docetaxel) 65
 Temodar (Temozolomide) 113
 Temozolomide 113
 Temsirolimus 135
 Thalidomide 134
 Thalomid (Thalidomide) 134
 Toposar (Etoposide) 76
 Topotecan Hydrochloride 98
 Toremifene 78
 Torisel (Temsirolimus) 135
 Tositumomab and I 131 Iodine Tositumomab 35
 Totect (Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride) 64
 Trastuzumab 97
 Treanda (Bendamustine Hydrochloride) 32
 Trisenox (Arsenic Trioxide) 25
 Tykerb (Lapatinib Ditosylate) 106
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 U
 [No Entries]
 V
 Vandetanib 136
 VAMP 137
 Vectibix (Panitumumab) 124
 VeIP 138
 Velban (Vinblastine Sulfate) 139
 Velcade (Bortezomib) 37
 Velsar (Vinblastine Sulfate) 139
 Vemurafenib 140
 VePesid (Etoposide) 76
 Viadur (Leuprolide Acetate) 109
 Vidaza (Azacitidine) 30
 Vinblastine Sulfate 139
 Vincasar PFS (Vincristine Sulfate) 141
 Vincristine Sulfate 141
 Vinorelbine Tartrate 117
 Vismodegib 73
 Voraxaze (Glucarpidase) 96
 Vorinostat 142
 Votrient (Pazopanib Hydrochloride) 125
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 W
 Wellcovorin (Leucovorin Calcium) 108
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 X
 Xalkori (Crizotinib) 53
 Xeloda (Capecitabine) 41
 XELOX 143
 Xgeva (Denosumab) 63
  
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 Y
 Yervoy (Ipilimumab) 101
 Z
 Zelboraf (Vemurafenib) 140
 Zevalin (Ibritumomab Tiuxetan) 99
 Zinecard (Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride) 64
 Zoledronic Acid 144
 Zolinza (Vorinostat) 142
 Zometa (Zoledronic Acid) 144
 Zytiga (Abiraterone Acetate) 1

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/abirateroneacetate
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/methotrexate
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nanoparticlepaclitaxel
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ABVD
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ABVE
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ABVE-PC
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/AC
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/AC-T
9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/brentuximabvedotin
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ADE
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/doxorubicinhydrochloride
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fluorouracil
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/everolimus
14http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/imiquimod
15http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aldesleukin
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/alemtuzumab
17http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pemetrexeddisodium
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/palonosetronhydrochloride
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/chlorambucil
20http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aminolevulinicacid
21http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/anastrozole
22http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/aprepitant
23http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/exemestane
24http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nelarabine
25http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/arsenictrioxide
26http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ofatumumab
27http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/asparaginase-erwinia-chrysanthemi
28http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bevacizumab
29http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/axitinib
30http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/azacitidine
31http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/BEACOPP
32http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bendamustinehydrochloride
33http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/BEP
34http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bexarotene
35http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/tositumomab-I131tositumomab
36http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bleomycin
37http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/bortezomib
38http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cabazitaxel
39http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CAF
40http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/irinotecanhydrochloride
41http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/capecitabine
42http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/carboplatin
43http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/daunorubicinhydrochloride
44http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/recombinant-HPV-bivalent-vaccine
45http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cetuximab
46http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CHLORAMBUCIL-PREDNISONE
47http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CHOP
48http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cisplatin
49http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cyclophosphamide
50http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/clofarabine
51http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CMF
52http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/COPP
53http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/crizotinib
54http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/CVP
55http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ifosfamide
56http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cytarabine
57http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/liposomalcytarabine
58http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dacarbazine
59http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/decitabine
60http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dasatinib
61http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/degarelix
62http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/denileukindiftitox
63http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/denosumab
64http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/dexrazoxanehydrochloride
65http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/docetaxel
66http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/doxorubicin-hydrochloride-liposome
67http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/rasburicase
68http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/epirubicinhydrochloride
69http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/oxaliplatin
70http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/eltrombopagolamine
71http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/EPOCH
72http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/eribulinmesylate
73http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-vismodegib
74http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/erlotinibhydrochloride
75http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/etoposidephosphate
76http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/etoposide
77http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/raloxifenehydrochloride
78http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/toremifene
79http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fulvestrant
80http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FEC
81http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/letrozole
82http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/filgrastim
83http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fludarabinephosphate
84http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFIRI
85http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFIRI-BEVACIZUMAB
86http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFIRINOX
87http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FOLFOX
88http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pralatrexate
89http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/FU-LV
90http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/recombinant-HPV-quadrivalent-vaccine
91http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gefitinib
92http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gemcitabinehydrochloride
93http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/GEMCITABINE-CISPLATIN
94http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/gemtuzumabozogamicin
95http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/imatinibmesylate
96http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/fda-glucarpidase
97http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/trastuzumab
98http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/topotecanhydrochloride
99http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ibritumomabtiuxetan
100http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ICE
101http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ipilimumab
102http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/romidepsin
103http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ixabepilone
104http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/ruxolitinibphosphate
105http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/palifermin
106http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/lapatinibditosylate
107http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/lenalidomide
108http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/leucovorincalcium
109http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/leuprolideacetate
110http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/procarbazinehydrochloride
111http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/mechlorethaminehydrochloride
112http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/mesna
113http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/temozolomide
114http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/mitomycinc
115http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/MOPP
116http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/plerixafor
117http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vinorelbinetartrate
118http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/sorafenibtosylate
119http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/nilotinib
120http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/tamoxifencitrate
121http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/romiplostim
122http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pegaspargase
123http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/paclitaxel
124http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/panitumumab
125http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/pazopanibhydrochloride
126http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/prednisone
127http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/sipuleucel-T
128http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/R-CHOP
129http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/R-CVP
130http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/rituximab
131http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/talc
132http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/STANFORDV
133http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/sunitinibmalate
134http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/thalidomide
135http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/temsirolimus
136http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vandetanib
137http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/VAMP
138http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/VeIP
139http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vinblastinesulfate
140http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vemurafenib
141http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vincristinesulfate
142http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/vorinostat
143http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/XELOX
144http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/zoledronicacid
145http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/chemotherapy-and-you
146http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping/chemo-side-effects
147http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cancerconditions
148http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/drug-page-index
149http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/druginformation