“Drug of Choice” questions are direct one-liners in NEET-PG as well as examiners’ favourites in medical school exams-be it in pharmacology or medicine.
In this section, we bring you the complete list of Drug of Choice in oncology.
These should be printed out or noted down for a quick glance every few days.
Better still, hop onto these posts on MedicoMaestro for a quick revision.
The tabular columns will help you test yourself and memorize these Drugs of choice better.
Drug of choice for breast cancer | Tamoxifen |
Drug of choice for testicular cancer | Bleomycin+ Etoposide + Cisplatin |
Drug of choice for ovarian cancer | Cisplatin with Paclitaxel |
Drug of choice for chemotherapy for cervix carcinoma | Cisplatin |
Drug of choice for choriocarcinoma | Methotrexate |
Drug of choice for carcinoma of endometrium | Progestins |
Drug of choice for prostate carcinoma | Flutamide |
Drug of choice for lung cancer | Cisplatin with Taxane |
Drug of choice for malignant melanoma | Dacarbazine |
Drug of choice for stomach cancer | Fluorouracil with Cisplatin |
Drug of choice for pancreatic carcinoma | Gemcitabine |
Drug of choice for Insulinoma | Streptozotocin |
Drug of choice for colorectal cancer | 5 Fluorouracil |
Drug of choice for Wilm’s tumor | Vincristine with Danctinomycin |
Drug of choice for the brain tumor | Lomustine |
Drug of choice for glioma | Nitrosourea |
Drug of choice for acute lymphocytic leukemia(ALL) – | Vincristine+Prednisolone+Mercaptopurine +Cyclophosphamide+Methotrexate |
Drug of choice for CLL | Chlorambucil or fludarabine |
Drug of Choice for acute myclocytie leukemia | Cytarabine with Mitoxantrone |
Drug of choice for acute promyeloblastic leukemia | Retinoic acid |
Drug of choice for CML | Imatinib or Busulfan |
Drug of choice for hairy cell leukemia | Cladarabine |
Drug of choice for polycythemia vera | Busulphan or Chlorarmbucil |
Drug of choice for Kaposi’s sarcoma | IF-2 alpha |
Drug of choice for thyroid carcinoma | Iodine-131 with Doxarubicin and cisplatin |
Drug of choice for radiation-induced vomiting | Ondansetron |
Drug of choice for vomiting induced by cancer chemotherapy | Ondansetron |
This article has been compiled from standard pharmacology and medicine textbooks. This article is continuously being updated.
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