Table of Chemotherapy Groups

This table describes which chemotherapy drugs and treatments are in which groups. If you are taking drugs in multiple groups you should pick the most severe group, which is Group C.

For further information, please see Supplementary Box A of the BMJ paper.

Group C Group B Group A
  • All ALL/AML regimens
  • BEP
  • Highly immunosuppressive chemotherapy (e.g. FluDAP, high dose Methotrexate & Cytarabine)
  • Trifuradine/ Tipracil
  • ABVD
  • Anthracycline based regimens
  • Asparaginase based regimens
  • BEACOPP
  • Bendamustine
  • Brentuximab vedotin
  • BTK inhibitors
  • Cabazitaxel
  • Carboplatin based regimens
  • CHOP
  • Chorambucil
  • Cladrabine
  • CMF
  • CVAD
  • Cyclophosphamide/Fludarabine combinations
  • Dacarbazine based regimens
  • Daratumumab
  • DHAP
  • ESHAP
  • Etoposide based regimens
  • FEC
  • GDP
  • Gemcitabine
  • ICE
  • Ifophosphamide based regimens
  • IMIDs
  • Irinotecan and Oxaliplatin based regimens
  • JAK inhibitors
  • Liposomal doxorubicin
  • Lomustine
  • Mogalizumab
  • MVAC
  • Nab-paclitaxel
  • Obinutuzumab
  • Pentostatin
  • PI3Kinase inhibitors
  • Proteosome inhibitors
  • Rituximab
  • Taxane – 3 weekly
  • Temozolomide
  • Topotecan
  • Trastuzumab-emtansine
  • Ventoclax
  • 5FU single agent
  • Abiraterone
  • Anagrelide
  • Aromatase inhibitors
  • Atezolizumab single agent
  • Bevacizumab single agent
  • Bisphosphonate
  • Busulfan
  • Capecitabine single agent
  • CDK4/6 inhibitors
  • Cetuximab
  • Cisplatin based regimens
  • Denosumab
  • Durvalumab
  • Enzalutamide
  • Fulvestrant
  • Hydroxycarbamide
  • Interferon (all formulations)
  • Ipilimumab single agent
  • Lenvatinib
  • Methotrexate
  • Mitomycin C
  • mTOR inhibitors
  • Nivolumab single agent
  • Panitumumab
  • PARP inhibitors
  • Pembrolizumab single agent
  • Pemetrexed
  • Raltitrexed
  • Regorafinib
  • Sorafenib
  • Tamoxifen
  • Taxane – weekly
  • Trastuzumab +/- pertuzumab
  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (including ALK &/or ROS)