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Drugs Approved for Childhood Cancers

This page lists cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children. The list includes generic and brand names. The drug names link to NCI's Cancer Drug Information summaries. There are drugs and drug combinations used to treat children with cancer that are not listed here.

Drugs Approved for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma

Drugs Approved for Colorectal Cancer

Drugs Approved for Epithelioid Sarcoma

Tazemetostat Hydrobromide (Tazverik)

Drugs Approved for Ewing Sarcoma

Dactinomycin (Cosmegen)

Drugs Approved for Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Dactinomycin (Cosmegen)

Drugs Approved for Giant Cell Astrocytoma

Drugs Approved for Glioma

Drugs Approved for Hodgkin Lymphoma

Drugs Approved for Leukemia

Drugs Approved for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Drugs Approved for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Drugs Approved for Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm

Drugs Approved for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

Drugs Approved for Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

Drugs Approved for Melanoma

Drugs Approved for Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Drugs Approved for Neuroblastoma

Drugs Approved for Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Drugs Approved for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Drugs Approved for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Drugs Approved for Rhabdomyosarcoma

Drugs Approved for Solid Tumors Anywhere in the Body

Drugs Approved for Thyroid Cancer

Drugs Approved for Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Cancers

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