A semisynthetic derivative of podophyllotoxin that exhibits antitumor activity. Etoposide inhibits DNA synthesis by forming a complex with topoisomerase II and DNA. This complex induces breaks in double stranded DNA and prevents repair by topoisomerase II binding. Accumulated breaks in DNA prevent entry into the mitotic phase of cell division, and lead to ce...
For use in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of refractory testicular tumors and as first line treatment in patients with small cell lung cancer. Also used to treat other malignancies such as lymphoma, non-lymphocytic leukemia, and glioblastoma multiforme.
University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia
University Hospital Plzeň, Plzeň, Czechia
University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
Community Medical Hospital, Missoula, Montana, United States
The Mark H Zangmeister Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Rush - Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois, United States
St. Petersburg State Pavlov Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Irkutsk Regional Cancer Center, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
National Medicine Research Center of oncology named after N.N. Petrov, Saint Petersburg, Pesochny, Russian Federation
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States
New York-Presbyterian Queens, Flushing, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center ( Site 0127), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
MFSMC-HJWCI-Oncology Research ( Site 0128), Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Center ( Site 0116), Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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