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).
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
SuperGen, Incorporated, San Ramon, California, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
MBCCOP - University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, England, United Kingdom
Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
San Antonio Cancer Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States
CHR de Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz, Besancon, France
Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France
Middlesex Hospital- Meyerstein Institute, London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey, Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Leeds General Infirmary at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center, Aurora, Illinois, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur), Decatur, Georgia, United States
Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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