Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is an abnormal growth of skin cells. It can develop due to a continuous exposure to sun over the years.
Brand Names and Generic Names of Drugs for Treatment of Skin Cancer
Aldesleukin
Aldesleukin is a cancer-treating drug prescribed for treating advanced kidney cancer or renal cell carcinoma and metastatic skin cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Avelumab
Avelumab is a programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) blocking antibody which is prescribed to treat adult and pediatric patients of 12 years and older who suffer from advanced Merkel-cell carcinoma that has spread to other parts of the body.
Binimetinib
Binimetinib tablets are prescribed in combination with encorafenib for treating adult patients with a specific type of skin cancer known as melanoma which either cannot be removed by surgery or has moved to other parts of the body.
Cemiplimab-rwlc
Cemiplimab-rwlc is prescribed to treat cutaneous squamous skin cancer with tumors that are either locally advanced or that have moved to other body parts
Cobimetinib
Cobimetinib is a kinase inhibitor used in combination with another drug vemurafenib for treating patients with melanoma that cannot be operated or melanoma that spread to other parts of the body
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Dacarbazine
Dacarbazine is an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug, prescribed for melanoma and Hodgkin's disease.
Brand Names :
Dacarin | Dacarex | Dabaz | Daczin | Dacarin | Dacarex | Dabaz | Dacarzine | Dacarex | Dabaz
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Encorafenib
Encorafenib capsules for oral use are prescribed along with binimetinib for treating advanced melanoma which either cannot be removed by surgery or has moved to other parts of the body, in adult patients with BRAF V600E or V600K mutation confirmed by an FDA-approved test
Imiquimod
Imiquimod is an immune response modifier, prescribed for certain types of skin growths (actinic keratoses) or skin cancer (superficial basal cell carcinoma).
Brand Names :
Imiquad (Skin) (0.25gm) | Imiquad | Nilwart
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Mogamulizumab-kpkc
Mogamulizumab-kpkc is used to treat mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome in adult patients whose disease condition returns after treatment with at least one prescribed chemotherapy regimen
Panobinostat
Panobinostat capsules are used in combination with drugs such as bortezomib and dexamethasone, to treat multiple myeloma.
Pembrolizumab
Pembrolizumab injection is prescribed to treat different types of cancer such as Melanoma or skin cancer, Non-Small-Cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
Talimogene laherparepvec
Talimogene laherparepvec is an oncolytic (against cancer) virus which is genetically modified to treat non-operable local skin lesions in patients with recurrent melanoma after the initial surgery.
Temozolomide
Temozolomide is an anticancer agent, used for brain cancers i.e. anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme. It is also used for treating melanoma.
Brand Names :
Temolon (100 mg) | Glioz | Temolon (20 mg) | Glioz (20 mg) | Temolon (250 mg) | Glioz (250 mg) | Temolon | Temoside | Glioz (20mg) | Glioz (100mg)
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Vemurafenib Tablet
Vemurafenib Tablet is a BRAF enzyme inhibitor, prescribed for malignant melanoma.
Vorinostat
Vorinostat is a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, prescribed for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL, a type of cancer).
