What are drugs used to treat lung cancer?
- Cisplatin (Platinol) - Side Effects
- Carboplatin (Paraplatin) - Side Effects
- Paclitaxel (PTX/ Taxol / Paxene, nab-paclitaxel, Abraxane)
- Docetaxel (Taxotere)
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
- Vinorelbine (Navelbine, NVB, Vinorelbine Tartrate)
- Etoposide (VP-16, Etopophos, Toposar)
- Vinorelbine (Navelbine, NVB, Vinorelbine Tartrate)
- Pemetrexed (Alimta, Pemfexy )
- Irinotecan (Camptosar)
- Lapatinib (Tykerb)
- Vandetanib (Caprelsa)
- Panitunumab (Vectibix)
- Cetuximab (Erbitux)
- Necitumumab (Potrazza)
- Capmatinib (Trabrecta)
- Neratinib (Nerlyn)
- Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
- Pertuzumab (Perjeta)
- Ado-trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla)
- Crizotinib (Xalkori)
- Ceritinib (Zykadia)
- Topotecan (Hycamtin)
- Bevacizumab (Avastin)
- Ramucirumab (Cyramza)
- Erlotinib (Tarceva)
- Afatinib (Gilotrif)
- Gefitinib (Iressa)
- Afatinib (Gilotrif)
- Osimertinib (Tagrisso)
- Dacomitinib (Vizimpro)
- TAK-788
- Poziotinib
- Alectinib (Alecensa)
- Brigatinib (Alunbrig)
- Lorlatinib (Lorbrena)
- Poziotinib
- Dabrafenib (Tafinlar)
- Trametinib (Mekinist)
- Larotrectinib (Vitrakvi)
- Entrectinib (Rozlytrek)
- Nivolumab (Opdivo)
- Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
- Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)
- Durvalumab (Imfinzi)
- Other Anti PD-1/PD-L1 therapy
- Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
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