ANTICANCER DRUGS

DRUG OF CHOICE SERIES
ANTICANCER DRUGS

▪️Drug of choice for breast cancer - Tamoxifen

▪️Drug of choice for glioma - Nitrosourea

▪️Drug of choice for colorectal cancer - 5 Fluorouracil

▪️Drug of choice for choriocarcinoma - Methotrexate

▪️Drug of choice for pancreatic carcinoma - Gemcitabine

▪️First line chemotherapy for cervix carcinoma - Cisplatin

▪️Drug of choice for the brain tumor - Lomustine

▪️Drug of choice for prostate carcinoma - Flutamide

▪️Drug of choice for insulinoma - Streptozotocin

▪️Drug of choice for polycythemia vera - Busulphan or Chlorambucil

▪️Drug of choice for carcinoma of endometrium - Progestins

▪️Drug of choice for kaposi sarcome - IF2 alpha

▪️Drug of choice for CLL - Chlorambucil or Fludarabine

▪️Drug of choice for acute myelocytic leukemia - Cytarabine with Mitoxantrone

▪️Drug of choice for wilm's tumor - Vincristine with Danctinomycin

▪️Drug of choice for acute promyeloblastic leukemia - Retinoic acid

▪️Drug of choice for hairy cell leukemia - Cladarabine

▪️Drug of choice for thyroid carcinoma-1-131 with Doxarubicin and cisplatin

▪️Drug of choice for stomach cancer - Fluorouracil with Cisplatin

▪️Drug of choice for CML-Imatinib or Busulfan

▪️Drug of choice for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) - Vincristine +Prednisolone +Mercaptopurine + Cyclophosphamide +Methotrexate

▪️Drug of choice for ovarian cancer - Cisplatin with Paclitaxel

▪️Drug of choice for lung cancer - Cisplatin with Taxane

▪️Drug of choice for malignant melanoma - Dacarbazine

▪️Drug of choice for testicular cancer - Bleomycin+ Etoposide + Cisplatin