Emetic potential of chemotherapeutic agents
Drugs used in the treatment of cancer may be classified according to their emetic potential:
- highly emetogenic:
- cisplatin
- mechlorethamine hydrochloride
- streptozocin
- dacarbazine
- carmustine
- dactinomycin
- moderately emetogenic:
- cyclophosphamide
- doxorubicin
- carboplatin
- mitomycin
- asparaginase
- azacitidine
- mildly emetogenic:
- fluorouracil
- methotrexate
- etoposide
- vincristine
- bleomycin
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