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).
Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim, Antwerpen, Belgium
Cazk Groeninghe - Campus Maria's Voorzienigheid, Kortrijk, Belgium
Christie Hospital N.H.S. Trust, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Rajendra Prasad M.D., Inc., Lakewood, California, United States
Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey, Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Middlesex Hospital- Meyerstein Institute, London, England, United Kingdom
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey, Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Tuft-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Virga Jesse Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Ghent, Belgium
Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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