Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of cells. Cancer occurs when the genetic information of the cell i.e. DNA is somehow damaged, with that result the cell begins to multiply uncontrollable, irreversible, independent, autonomous, uncoordinated and relatively unlimited and abnormal overgrowth of tissues. The management of any cancer mainly depends on the type and stage of the cancer followed by patients’ age, health and economic status. Cancer patients generally require combination therapy and palliative care. There is no single treatment for any type of cancer. Treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy or gene therapy are routinely used. Among them chemotherapy is the universal treatment option which uses drugs to destroy the cancer cells. This paper summarize the recently FDA approved drugs for the treatment of cancer. 

 

Key words: Cancer; US-FDA; Chemotherapy.