List of antileukemic drugs explained

Antileukemic drugs, anticancer drugs that are used to treat one or more types of leukemia, include:^[1]

• 6-Mercaptopurine
• 6-Thioguanine
• Arsenic trioxide
• Asparaginase
• Cladribine
• Clofarabine
• Cyclophosphamide
• Cytosine arabinoside
• Dasatinib
• Daunorubicin
• Decitabine
• Etoposide
• Fludarabine
• Gemtuzumab ozogamicin
• Idarubicin
• Imatinib mesylate
• Interferon-α
• Interleukin-2
• Melphalan
• Methotrexate
• Mitoxantrone
• Nelarabine
• Nilotinib
• Oblimersen
• Pegaspargase
• Pentostatin
• Ponatinib
• Prednisone
• Rituximab
• Tretinoin
• Vincristine

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011-05-20 . Drugs Approved for Leukemia - NCI . 2023-11-09 . www.cancer.gov . en.