CD 01

5-Fluorouracil

5FU / Adrucil

Colon cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer. As a cream it is used for actinic keratosis and basal cell carcinoma.

CD 02

Abiraterone

Zytiga

Prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of your body.

CD 03

Bendamustine

Treanda

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), multiple myeloma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

CD 04

Bevacizumab

Avastin

Colon cancer, lung cancer, glioblastoma, and renal-cell carcinoma.

CD 05

Bleomycin

Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, and cervical cancer among others.

CD 06

Bortezomib

Velcade / Chemobort / Bortecad

Multiple myelomas.

CD 07

Busulphan

Busilvex / Myleran

With cyclophosphamide or fludarabine/clofarabine as a conditioning agent prior to bone marrow transplantation, especially in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) and other leukaemias, lymphomas, and myeloproliferative disorders.

CD 08

Capecitabine

Xeloada

Breast and colorectal cancers.

CD 09

Carboplatin

Paraplatin

Ovarian cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, brain cancer, and neuroblastoma.

CD 10

Carmustine

 BiCNU

Lymphomas, myeloma and brain tumours.

CD 11

Cetuximab

Erbitux

Metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and head and neck cancer.

CD 12

Chlorambucil

Leukeran

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

CD 13

Cisplatin

Platinol

Testicular, ovarian, bladder, head and neck, and non-small cell lung cancer.

CD 14

Cyclophosphamide 

Cytophosphane

Lymphomas, leukaemias, myeloma, lung cancer and breast cancer.  Also used to suppress an overactive immune system in conditions including lupus, myositis and vasculitis.

CD 15

Dacarbazine

Imidazole Carboxamide / DTIC-Dome

Melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.

CD 16

Dactinomycin

Cosmegen Lyovac

Wilms tumour, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, trophoblastic neoplasm, testicular cancer, and certain types of ovarian cancer.

CD 17

Daunorubicin

Daunomycin

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL).

CD 18

Denosumab

Prolia / Xgeva

Metastases to bone, and giant cell tumours of bone.

CD 19

Dexamethasone

Reduce sickness from chemotherapy and/or improve appetite.

CD 20

Docetaxel

Taxotere

Breast, prostate, non-small cell lung cancer, stomach and head and neck cancers.

CD 21

Doxorubicin

Adriamycin

Breast cancer, bladder cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

CD 22

Epirubicin

Pharmorubicin

Many different types of cancer.

CD 23

Erlotinib

Tarceva

Non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and several other types of cancer.

CD 24

Estramustine

Emcyt

Prostate cancer that has progressed or spread. 

CD 25

Etoposide

Etopophos / Vepesid

Small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, leukaemia and lymphoma.

CD 26

Everolimus

Afinitor

Kidney cancer, advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer and breast cancer that has spread.

CD 27

Folinic Acid

Leucovorin

Decrease the toxic effects of methotrexate and pyrimethamine; also used in combination with 5-fluorouracil to treat colorectal cancer.

CD 28

Floxuridine

FUDR, Fluorodeoxyuridine

Colorectal cancer.

CD 29

Gemcitabine

Gemzar

Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and bladder cancer.

CD 30

Goserelin Acetate

Zoladex

Breast and prostate cancer.

CD 31

Ibrutinib

Imbruvica

B cell cancers like mantle cell lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.

CD 32

Idarubicin

Zavedos

Leukaemia and advanced breast cancer.

CD 33

Ifosfamide

Mitoxana

Testicular cancer, sarcomas (soft tissue and bone sarcomas) and some types of lymphoma.

CD 34

Imatinib

Gleevec

Chronic myelogenous leukaemia and acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

CD 35

Ipilimumab

Yervoy

Advanced melanoma.

CD 36

Irinotecan

Camptothecin-11, CPT-11, Camptosar

Metastatic colon or rectal cancer.

CD 37

Lenalidomide

Revlimid

Myeloma and blood disorders called myelodysplastic syndromes.

CD 38

Liposomal Doxorubicin

Caelyx, Myocet

Ovary or breast cancer, myeloma and Aids-related Kaposi's sarcoma.

CD 39

Lomustine

CCNU

Brain tumours, melanomas, lung cancer or lymphoma.

CD 40

Melphalan

Alkeran

Myeloma, melanoma and ovarian cancer.

CD 41

Methotrexate

Maxtrex / MTX

Breast cancer, leukaemia, lung cancer, lymphoma, and osteosarcoma

CD 42

Mitomycin

Mitomycin C Kyowa

Breast, bladder, gullet (oesophagus), stomach, pancreas, lung and liver cancers.

CD 43

Mitoxantrone

Acute myeloid leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, advanced breast and advanced primary liver cancer.

CD 44

Nilotinib

Tasigna

Chronic myeloid leukaemia.

CD 45

Oxaliplatin

Eloxatin

Colorectal cancer and cancer of the gullet (oesophagus).

CD 46

Paclitaxel

Taxol

Ovarian, breast and non-small cell lung cancer.

CD 47

Pegfilgrastim

Neulasta

Used to stimulate the growth of healthy white blood cells in the bone marrow, once chemotherapy is given. 

CD 48

Pemetrexed

Alimta

Pleural mesothelioma and non-small cell lung cancer.

CD 49

Prednisolone

A steroid drug used to treat the cancer itself, reduce inflammation, reduce the immune response (for example, after a bone marrow transplant), help reduce sickness when having chemotherapy and/or improve appetite.

CD 50

Procarbazine

Hodgkin lymphoma and some other types of cancer.

CD 51

Raltitrexed

Tomudex

Bowel cancer.

CD 52

Rituximab

Rituxan / MabThera

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

CD 53

Sorafenib

Nexavar

Renal cell sarcoma and liver cancer.

CD 54

Sunitinib Malate

Sutent

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour, pancreatic cancer and renal cell carcinoma.

CD 55

Temozolomide

Temodal

Brain tumour called a glioma.

CD 56

Trastuzumab

Herceptin

HER2 breast cancer, stomach and oesophagus cancers.

CD 57

Treosulfan

Ovarian cancer.

CD 58

Trofosfamide

Ixoten

Ependymomas, medulloblastomas, sarcoma, soft tissue, supratentorial PNETs, and recurrent brain tumours.

CD 59

UFT

UFUR

Contains Tegafur and Uracil. Primarily bowel cancer.

CD 60

Vinblastine Sulphate

Hodgkin's disease; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; carcinoma of the breast; methotrexate-resistant choriocarcinoma; renal cell carcinoma; testicular teratoma and seminoma; histiocytosis X.

CD 61

Vincristine Sulphate

Leukaemias, malignant lymphomas, multiple myeloma, solid tumours and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

CD 62

Vinorelbine

Navelbine / NVB

Breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.