Azacitidine is a pyrimidine nucleoside analogue with anti-neoplastic activity. It differs from cytosine by the presence of nitrogen in the C5-position, key in its hypomethylating activity. Two main mechanisms of action have been proposed for azacitidine. One of them is the induction of cytotoxicity. As an analogue of cytidine, it is able to incorporate into ...
Azacitidine (for subcutaneous or intravenous use) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with the following French-American-British (FAB) myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) subtypes: refractory anemia (RA) or refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS) (if accompanied by neutropenia or thrombocytopenia or requiring transfusions), refractory anemi...
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Yu Hsiang Chou, Taipei City, Taiwan
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
University of California San Francisco-Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guanzhou, Guandong, China
The fifth medical center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens NKUA · Department of Hematology and Bone marrow Transplantation Unit, Athens, Greece
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