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).
St. Agnes Hospital Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Robert Cizik Eye Clinic, Houston, Texas, United States
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
South Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Abramson Cancer Center of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Georgetown Cancer Treatment Center, Georgetown, Kentucky, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Illinois CancerCare-Havana, Havana, Illinois, United States
Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Barberton Citizens Hospital, Barberton, Ohio, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
Istituto Scientifico H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India
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