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 cell death. Etoposide acts primarily in the G2 and S phases of the cell cycle.
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.
UOC Oncologia Medica 1 - AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy
Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padova, Italy
Oncologia medica - Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Research Site, Zaragoza, Spain
Local Institution - 0060, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Local Institution - 0002, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Local Institution - 0004, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Shanghai Chest hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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