Stomach Cancer Medications

Here's a list of the approved drugs to treat stomach cancer. Click on any of the medications for more info on indications, dosing and side effects.

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DRUG	GENERIC NAME	DRUG INDICATION
Chemotherapy	Multiple	Cytotoxic chemotherapy, the oldest and most commonly used type of cancer treatment, halts cell division and kills rapidly growing cells. For a full list of chemotherapy drugs, click here.

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DRUG	GENERIC NAME	DRUG INDICATION
Keytruda	pembrolizumab	Keytruda is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, adjuvant treatment of melanoma after surgery, non-small-cell lung cancer, bladder (urothelial) cancer, head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, classic Hodgkin lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and pre- and post-surgery treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. It is also approved for all metastatic solid tumors with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency mutations (MSI-H/dMMR) or high tumor mutation burden.
Opdivo	nivolumab	Opdivo is a checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, metastatic or recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer, advanced kidney cancer, relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, advanced or metastatic bladder (urothelial) cancer, liver cancer, advanced stomach and esophageal cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma and colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency genetic mutations.

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DRUG	GENERIC NAME	DRUG INDICATION
Cyramza	ramucirumab	Cyramza is a VEGFR2 inhibitor approved for treatment of cancer of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (where the stomach meets the esophagus), metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer and inoperable or metastatic liver cancer.
Enhertu	fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki	Enhertu is a HER2 antibody combined with a chemotherapy drug. It is approved for previously treated people with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer and for people with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Herceptin	trastuzumab	Herceptin is a HER2 inhibitor approved for adjuvant (post-surgery) therapy of early breast cancer and treatment of metastatic breast cancer, stomach cancer and esophageal cancer that overexpresses human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.
Rozlytrek	entrectinib	Rozlytrek is approved for the treatment of solid tumors anywhere in the body that have NTRK gene fusions and for ROS1-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.
Vitrakvi	larotrectinib	Vitrakvi is a TRK inhibitor that works against cancers anywhere in the body with NTRK gene fusions.

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DRUG Chemotherapy
GENERIC NAME Multiple
DRUG INDICATION Cytotoxic chemotherapy, the oldest and most commonly used type of cancer treatment, halts cell division and kills rapidly growing cells. For a full list of chemotherapy drugs, click here.

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DRUG Keytruda
GENERIC NAME pembrolizumab
DRUG INDICATION Keytruda is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, adjuvant treatment of melanoma after surgery, non-small-cell lung cancer, bladder (urothelial) cancer, head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, classic Hodgkin lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and pre- and post-surgery treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. It is also approved for all metastatic solid tumors with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency mutations (MSI-H/dMMR) or high tumor mutation burden.

DRUG Keytruda

GENERIC NAME pembrolizumab

DRUG INDICATION

Keytruda is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, adjuvant treatment of melanoma after surgery, non-small-cell lung cancer, bladder (urothelial) cancer, head and neck cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, classic Hodgkin lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and pre- and post-surgery treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. It is also approved for all metastatic solid tumors with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency mutations (MSI-H/dMMR) or high tumor mutation burden.

DRUG Opdivo
GENERIC NAME nivolumab
DRUG INDICATION Opdivo is a checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, metastatic or recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer, advanced kidney cancer, relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, advanced or metastatic bladder (urothelial) cancer, liver cancer, advanced stomach and esophageal cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma and colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency genetic mutations.

DRUG Opdivo

GENERIC NAME nivolumab

DRUG INDICATION

Opdivo is a checkpoint inhibitor approved for inoperable or metastatic melanoma, metastatic or recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer, advanced kidney cancer, relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, advanced or metastatic bladder (urothelial) cancer, liver cancer, advanced stomach and esophageal cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma and colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency genetic mutations.

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DRUG Cyramza
GENERIC NAME ramucirumab
DRUG INDICATION Cyramza is a VEGFR2 inhibitor approved for treatment of cancer of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (where the stomach meets the esophagus), metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer and inoperable or metastatic liver cancer.

DRUG Enhertu
GENERIC NAME fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki
DRUG INDICATION Enhertu is a HER2 antibody combined with a chemotherapy drug. It is approved for previously treated people with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer and for people with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

DRUG Herceptin
GENERIC NAME trastuzumab
DRUG INDICATION Herceptin is a HER2 inhibitor approved for adjuvant (post-surgery) therapy of early breast cancer and treatment of metastatic breast cancer, stomach cancer and esophageal cancer that overexpresses human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.

DRUG Rozlytrek
GENERIC NAME entrectinib
DRUG INDICATION Rozlytrek is approved for the treatment of solid tumors anywhere in the body that have NTRK gene fusions and for ROS1-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.