This is a list of chemotherapeutic agents, also known as cytotoxic agents or cytostatic drugs, that are known to be of use in chemotherapy for cancer. This list is organized by type of agent, although 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.
The agents in this list are often combined into chemotherapy agent for polychemotherapy (combination chemotherapy). For example, the CHOP regimen consists of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone.
Besides chemotherapy, medical oncology (pharmacotherapy for cancer) includes several noncytotoxic classes of therapy, such as hormonal therapy and targeted therapy (biologic therapy). Those agents are described in the relevant articles.
See also: List of antineoplastic agents
Alkylating agents
Altretamine Bendamustine Busulfan Carboquone Carmustine Chlorambucil Chlormethine Chlorozotocin Cyclophosphamide Dacarbazine Fotemustine Ifosfamide Lomustine Melphalan Melphalan flufenamide Mitobronitol Nimustine Nitrosoureas Pipobroman Ranimustine Semustine Streptozotocin Temozolomide Thiotepa Treosulfan Triaziquone Triethylenemelamine Trofosfamide Uramustine
Anthracyclines
Aclarubicin Daunorubicin Doxorubicin Epirubicin Idarubicin Mitoxantrone Pirarubicin Valrubicin Zorubicin
Cytoskeletal disruptors (taxanes)
Abraxane Cabazitaxel Docetaxel Larotaxel Paclitaxel Taxotere Tesetaxel
Epothilones
Ixabepilone
Histone deacetylase inhibitors Entinostat Romidepsin Vorinostat Zabadinostat
Inhibitors of topoisomerase I
Belotecan Camptothecin Exatecan Gimatecan Irinotecan Topotecan
Inhibitors of topoisomerase II
Etoposide Teniposide Tafluposide
Kinase inhibitors
Bortezomib Erlotinib Gefitinib Imatinib Vemurafenib Vismodegib
Nucleotide analogs and precursor analogs Azacitidine Azathioprine Capecitabine Cladribine Clofarabine Cytarabine Decitabine Doxifluridine Fludarabine Fluorouracil Gemcitabine Hydroxyurea Mercaptopurine Methotrexate Nelarabine Pemetrexed Tioguanine (formerly Thioguanine)
Peptide antibiotics
Actinomycin Bleomycin
Platinum-based agents
Carboplatin Cisplatin Dicycloplatin Oxaliplatin Nedaplatin Satraplatin
Retinoids Alitretinoin Bexarotene Tretinoin
Vinca alkaloids and derivatives
Vinblastine Vincristine Vindesine Vinorelbine
Full alphabetical listing
Abraxane Actinomycin Alitretinoin All-trans retinoic acid Altretamine Azacitidine Azathioprine Belotecan Bendamustine Bexarotene Bleomycin Bortezomib Busulfan Cabazitaxel Camptothecin Carboplatin Carboquone Carmustine Capecitabine Cisplatin Chlorambucil Chlormethine Chlorozotocin Cladribine Clofarabine Cyclophosphamide Cytarabine Dacarbazine Daunorubicin Decitabine Docetaxel Doxifluridine Doxorubicin Epirubicin Epothilone Erlotinib Etoposide Exatecan Fludarabine Fluorouracil Fotemustine Gefitinib Gemcitabine Gimatecan Hydroxyurea Idarubicin Ifosfamide Imatinib Irinotecan Ixabepilone Larotaxel Lomustine Melphalan Melphalan flufenamide Mercaptopurine Methotrexate Mitobronitol Mitomycin C Mitoxantrone Nelarabine Nimustine Nitrosoureas Oxaliplatin Paclitaxel Pemetrexed Pipobroman Ranimustine Romidepsin Semustine Streptozotocin Tafluposide Taxotere Temozolomide Tesetaxel Teniposide Thiotepa Tioguanine Topotecan Treosulfan Tretinoin Triaziquone Triethylenemelamine Valrubicin Vemurafenib Vinblastine Vincristine Vindesine Vinorelbine Vismodegib Vorinostat
Comprehensive table
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