Common Antineoplastics: What It Treats

Question 1

Bendamustine (Treanda)

Answer 1

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Question 2

Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)

Answer 2

Leukemias, Lymphomas, Breast, Ovarian, Small cell lung cancers, Multiple Myeloma

Question 3

Carboplatin (Paraplatin)

Answer 3

Ovarian, Bladder, Breast, Head to neck, non-small cell lung, small cell lung, testicular, leukemia, non-hodgkin’s lymphoma

Question 4

Cisplatin (Platinol)

Answer 4

Bladder, non-small cell lung, ovarian, testicular, penile, anal, biliary tract, endometrial, gastric, head and neck, liver cancers, non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, malignant melanoma, mesothelioma

Question 5

Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin)

Answer 5

Colorectal, biliary tract, gastric, breast, pancreatic, testicular, ovarian, head and neck cancers, non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, mesothelioma

Question 6

Irinotecan (Camptosar)

Answer 6

Colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, non-small cell lung, small cell lung cancers

Question 7

Topotecan (Hycamtin)

Answer 7

Cervical, Ovarian, small cell lung, non-small cell lung

Question 8

Doxorubicin HCl (Adriamycin)

Answer 8

Leukemias, bladder, breast, gastric, ovarian, small cell lung, thyroid, biliary tract, endometrial, liver cancers, Hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma

Question 9

Doxorubicin Liposomal (Doxil)

Answer 9

Ovarian, breast cancers, multiple myeloma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Question 10

Etoposide (VP-16, Vepesid, Toposar)

Answer 10

Small cell lung, non-small cell lung, testicular cancers, Hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemias

Question 11

Vincrsitine (Oncovin)

Answer 11

Leukemia, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, head and neck, breast, bladder, small lung cell