Mitomycin is an antineoplastic antibiotic first isolated by Japanese microbiologists in the 1950s from cultures of Streptomyces caespitosus. It is an alkylating agent that inhibits DNA synthesis (and, at higher concentrations, RNA and protein synthesis) by cross-linking the complementary strands of the DNA double helix. Few other antibiotics have been discov...
For treatment of malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, pharynx, digestive organs, peritoneum, female breast, and urinary bladder. Also used as an adjunct to ab externo glaucoma surgery. Mitomycin is also indicated as a pyelocalyceal solution for the treatment of adults with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (LG-UTUC).
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
St. Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York, United States
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Hospital São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute, Flint, Michigan, United States
Bay Area Cancer Care Center at Bay Area Medical Center, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University Hospital and Outpatient Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
IU Eye at Carmel, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
MedResearch, La Mesa, California, United States
Advanced Research Institute, New Port Richey, Florida, United States
BCG Oncology, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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