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).
Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Chinese academy of medical sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Fichte Endl & Elmer Eyecare, Amherst, New York, United States
Whitten Laser Eye, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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