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. 2012 Sep 25;8(6):e168–e173. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2012.000677

Table 1.

Oral Chemotherapy Prescriptions by Drug Name, Specification of Diagnosis, and Intent of Therapy*

Drug Prescriptions
Diagnosis Specified
Intent Specified
No. % No. % No. %
Capecitabine 1,168 17.5 765 65.5 236 20.2
Dasatinib 78 1.2 18 23.1 4 5.1
Erlotinib 349 5.2 166 47.6 20 5.7
Hydroxyurea 657 9.9 137 20.9 33 5.0
Imatinib 694 10.4 234 33.7 112 16.1
Lapatinib 128 1.9 90 70.3 26 20.3
Lenalidomide 1,059 15.9 342 32.3 17 1.6
Mercaptopurine 151 2.3 92 60.9 6 4.0
Methotrexate 145 2.2 51 35.2 4 2.8
Sorafenib 149 2.2 94 63.1 22 14.8
Sirolimus 244 3.7 60 24.6 9 3.7
Sunitinib 227 3.4 129 56.8 51 22.5
Temozolomide 1,585 23.8 887 56.0 310 19.6
Vorinostat 24 0.4 4 16.7 2 8.3
Other 15 0.2 13 86.7 0 0.0
Total 6,673 100.0 3,082 46.2 852 12.8
*

Total of 6,673 prescriptions.

Totals do not add to 100% because of rounding.

Other prescriptions included altremtamine (n = 4), gefitinib (n = 1), lomustine (n = 9), and thioguanine (n = 1).