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CancerQuest > Introduction to Patient Information > An Introduction to Cancer Treatments > Introduction to Cancer Treatment Tables > Targeted Therapies Treatment Table

Targeted Therapies Treatment Table

The table below lists targeted therapy drugs discussed on this website. To go directly to the page where a particular drug is discussed, click on the name. If you have trouble finding a particular drug, go to edit (or press Ctrl+F) on your browser and use the Find on Page feature.

Generic Name	Brand Name	Mechanism of Action
Asparaginase	Elspar®	Enzyme Activator
Bevacizumab	Avastin®	Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Bexarotene	Targretin®	Drug that Affects a Molecular Receptor
Bortezomib	Velcade®	Proteosome Inhibitor
Denileukin diftitox	ONTAK®	Drug that Affects a Molecular Receptor
Gefitinib	Iressa®	Kinase Inhibitor
Imatinib Mesylate	Gleevec®, Glivec®	Kinase Inhibitor
Lapatinib	Tykerb®	Kinase Inhibitor
Sorafenib	Nexavar®	Kinase Inhibitor
Sunitinib	Sutent®	Kinase Inhibitor

More information on these drugs can be found at the FDA Approved Over the Counter and Prescription Drugs website and/or the Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Online. This site is only available to those with a subscription. A hardcopy version of the book is available from McGraw Hill Publishers

More information on this topic may be found in Chapter 16 of The Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg.