An antimitotic agent with immunosuppressive properties. Dexrazoxane, the (+)-enantiomorph of razoxane, provides cardioprotection against anthracycline toxicity. It appears to inhibit formation of a toxic iron-anthracycline complex. [PubChem]
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For reducing the incidence and severity of cardiomyopathy associated with doxorubicin administration in women with metastatic breast cancer who have received a cumulative doxorubicin hydrochloride dose of 300 mg/m^2 and would benefit from continued doxorubicin therapy. Also approved for the treatment of extravasation from intravenous anthracyclines.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Aalborg Hospital South, Aalborg, Denmark
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Herlev County Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
Centre of Oncology - Krakow Division, Krakow, Poland
Dolnoslaski Centrum Onkologii oddzial Chemoterapii, Wroclaw, Poland
Aarhus County Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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