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Skin cancer: Which Medications Are Safest? (176 Drugs Compared)

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176 medications are used for Skin cancer, with 1,562 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Skin cancer are VISMODEGIB and FLUOROURACIL.

1,562
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Skin cancer Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
VISMODEGIB ERIVEDGE 452 864 974 10.6%
FLUOROURACIL FLUOROURACIL 177 6,997 20,941 13.2%
TRAMETINIB DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE Mekinist 105 3,925 3,438 24.1%
DABRAFENIB Tafinlar 104 4,165 5,325 21.6%
IMIQUIMOD Imiquimod 57 25 154 1.5%
VEMURAFENIB ZELBORAF 49 1,040 2,368 12.1%
BINIMETINIB MEKTOVI 46 1,069 1,990 15.5%
ENCORAFENIB BRAFTOVI 45 1,397 2,334 16.3%
INGENOL MEBUTATE - 38 5 58 0.2%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 36 21,265 68,793 8.4%
CARBOPLATIN Carboplatin 35 12,544 35,869 14.9%
NIVOLUMAB OPDIVO 35 23,086 36,530 26.3%
BLEOMYCIN Bleomycin 31 1,529 2,214 22.1%
PEMBROLIZUMAB KEYTRUDA 31 15,543 35,472 18.6%
DUPILUMAB Dupixent 30 1,536 17,008 0.4%
ACITRETIN ACITRETIN 29 118 575 4.3%
CAPECITABINE Capecitabine 29 8,892 17,529 14.0%
IPILIMUMAB YERVOY 29 8,043 17,031 22.0%
CEMIPLIMAB-RWLC - 27 323 441 20.8%
COBIMETINIB Cotellic 24 527 1,895 12.9%

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Most Reported Drugs for Skin cancer

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