Drugs Approved for Breast Cancer

This page lists cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for breast cancer. The list includes generic and brand names. This page also lists common drug combinations used in breast cancer. The individual drugs in the combinations are FDA-approved. However, the drug combinations themselves usually are not approved, although they are widely used.  

The drug names link to NCI's Cancer Drug Information summaries. There may be drugs used in breast cancer that are not listed here.

Abitrexate (Methotrexate)
Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation)
Adriamycin PFS (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride)
Adriamycin RDF (Doxorubicin Hydrochloride)
Adrucil (Fluorouracil)
Afinitor (Everolimus)
Anastrozole
Arimidex (Anastrozole)
Aromasin (Exemestane)
Capecitabine
Clafen (Cyclophosphamide)
Cyclophosphamide
Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide)
Docetaxel
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Efudex (Fluorouracil)
Ellence (Epirubicin Hydrochloride)
Epirubicin Hydrochloride
Everolimus
Exemestane
Fareston (Toremifene)
Faslodex (Fulvestrant)
Femara (Letrozole)
Fluoroplex (Fluorouracil)
Fluorouracil
Folex (Methotrexate)
Folex PFS (Methotrexate)
Fulvestrant
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Gemzar (Gemcitabine Hydrochloride)
Herceptin (Trastuzumab)
Ixabepilone
Ixempra (Ixabepilone)
Lapatinib Ditosylate
Letrozole
Methotrexate
Methotrexate LPF (Methotrexate)
Mexate (Methotrexate)
Mexate-AQ (Methotrexate)
Neosar (Cyclophosphamide)
Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate)
Novaldex (Tamoxifen Citrate)
Paclitaxel
Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation
Perjeta (Pertuzumab)
Pertuzumab
Tamoxifen Citrate
Taxol (Paclitaxel)
Taxotere (Docetaxel)
Trastuzumab
Toremifene
Tykerb (Lapatinib Ditosylate)
Xeloda (Capecitabine)

Drug Combinations Used in Breast Cancer

AC
AC-T
CAF
CMF
FEC



 

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