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Classification of drugs -anticancer-agents

Alkylating agents

Nitrogen mustards

Chlorambucil

Cyclophosphamide

Ifosfamide

Mechlorethamine

Melphalan

Nitrosoureas

Lomustine

Carmustine

Aziridines

Thiotepa

Other agents

Busulfan

Dacarbazine

Antimetabolites

Antifolates

Methotrexate

Purine analogues

6-Mercaptopurine

6-Thioguanine

Cladribine

Cytarabine

Fludarabine

Pyrimidine analogues

5-Fluorouracil

Gemcitabine

Capecitabine

Cytarabine

Fluoxuridine

Plant derivatives

Vinca alkaloids

Vincristine

Vinblastine

Vinorelbine

Vindesine

Taxanes

Paclitaxel

Docetaxel

Campothecins

Irinotecan

Topotecan

Podophyllotoxins

Etoposide

Teniposide

Antibiotics

Anthracycline antibiotics

Daunorubicin

Doxorubicin

Other cytotoxic antibiotics

Bleomycin

Dactinomycin

Epirubicin

Idarubicin

Hormones

Estrogens

Ethinyl estradiol

Diethylstilbestrol

Selective estrogen receptor modulators

Tamoxifen

Raloxifene

Clomiphene

Progestins

Megestrol

GnRH analogues

Goserelin

Leuprolide

Antiandrogens

Flutamide

Nilutamide

Bicalutamide

Aromatase inhibitors

Aminoglutethimide

Anastrazole

Letrozole

Exemestane

Corticosteroids

Prednisone

Monoclonal antibodies

Rituximab

Cetuximab

Trastuzumab

Bevacizumab

Miscellanous agents

Platinum compounds

Cisplatin

Carboplatin

Oxaliplatin

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Imatinib

Gefitinib

Interferons

Chloroquine

Primaquine

Others

Procarbazine

L-Asparginase