Anti-neoplastics Treatment Uses Flashcards
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Mechlorethamine
Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, leukemias, carcinoma of endometrium, breast, lung
Cyclophosphamide
Treatment of brain tumors, multiple myeloma, melanoma
Carmustine
Treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia, choriocarcinoma
Methotrexate
IV for carcinoma of stomach, colon, pancreas, ovary, head and neck, breast, bladder; topical for basal cell carcinoma
5-Fluorouracil
Treatment of acute leukemias
Cytarabine
Mercaptopurine
Treatment of chronic granulocytic leukemia, head and neck cancer
Hydroxyurea
Treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, Wilm’s tumor, neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma
Vincristine
Treatment of refractory ovarian cancer and breast cancer
Paclitaxel
Treatment of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, breast, ovary, small-cell lung cancer
Doxorubicin
Treatment of germ cell tumors of testes, ovaries, head, neck, lung, lymphomas
Bleomycin
Treatment of lymphomas, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, small cell carcinoma of lung, testicular tumors
Etoposide
Given after myelosuppressive agents to speed neutrophil recovery
Filgrastim
Treatment of metastatic breast cancers that over express HER2
Trastuzumab
Wide anti-tumor spectrum – cancer of testis, ovary, head, neck, bladder, colon, esophagus, small cell lung
Cisplatin
Treatment of Hodgkin’s
Procarbazine
Treatment for acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, breast cancer
Prednisone
For breast cancer and breast cancer prophylaxis in women that are at high risk
Tamoxifen
Treatment for breast carcinoma in post-menopausal women
Letrozole
Treatment of prostate cancer
Leuprolide
Treatment for metastatic prostate cancer
Flutamide
Partially prevents sterile hemorrhagic cystitis from cyclophosphamide
Mesna
Used as a rescue for host cells after high doses of Methotrexate
Leucovorin
