Asparaginase
- elevated cholesterol levels
- higher risk of obesity Blood transfusion
- hepatitis B (if transfusion received before 1972)
- hepatitis C (if transfusion received before 1993)
Busulfan
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- lung damage and dysfunction
Carboplatin
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- kidney damage or dysfunction
- tingling, pain or weakness in limbs, face (also called peripheral neuropathy)
- hearing loss
Carmustine
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- lung damage and dysfunction
Chlorambucil
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- secondary cancers
Cladribine
- tingling, pain or weakness in limbs, face (also called peripheral neuropathy)
- kidney damage and dysfunction
Clofarabine
- no late or long-term effects known
Cyclophosphamide
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- bladder damage and dysfunction
- kidney damage and dysfunction
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- secondary cancers
Cytarabine
- cognition, learning and memory difficulties
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- liver damage and dysfunction
Dacarbazine
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
Dasatinib
- no late or long-term effects known
Daunorubicin
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Doxorubicin
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Epirubicin
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Etoposide
- secondary cancers
Fludarabine
- kidney damage and dysfunction
- bone death (osteonecrosis)
- secondary cancers
Gemcitabine
- no late or long-term effects known
Idarubicin
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Ifosfamide
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- kidney damage and dysfunction
Imatinib (Gleevec)
- no late or long-term effects known
Mechlorethamine (nitrogen mustard)
- cognition, learning and memory difficulties
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- lung damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Melphalan
- lung damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Mercaptopurine
- liver damage and dysfunction
Methotrexate
- osteoporosis or osteopenia
- cognition, learning and memory difficulties
- kidney damage and dysfunction
- liver damage and dysfunction
Mitoxantrone
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- secondary cancers
Pegaspargase
- no late or long-term effects known
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
- secondary cancers
Radiation Therapy
- cardiovascular damage and dysfunction
- lung damage and dysfunction
- kidney damage and dysfunction
- liver damage and dysfunction
- cognition, learning and memory difficulties
- dental disorders (weak teeth and jaw, dry mouth)
- hormonal disorders (thyroid, pancreas, pituitary gland)
- chronic fatigue
- slow growth and development
- cataracts
- bone death (osteonecrosis)
- reducedfertility or infertility in men and women
- hearing loss
- secondary cancers
Rituximab
- no late or long-term effects known
Steroids
- osteoporosis or osteopenia
- cataracts
- bone death (osteonecrosis)
Teniposide
- secondary cancers
Thioguanine
- liver damage and dysfunction
Thiotepa
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
Topotecan
- reduced fertility or infertility in men and women
Transplantation (bone marrow, stem cell or cord blood)
- bone death (osteonecrosis)
- lung damage and dysfunction (after developing graft versus host disease)
Tretinoin
- increase in pressure inside skull (pseudotumor cerebri)
Vinblastine
- tingling, pain or weakness in limbs, face (also called peripheral neuropathy)
Vincristine
- tingling, pain or weakness in limbs, face (also called peripheral neuropathy)