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.
Ru Feng, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Children's Health Ireland Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Peking Union medical college hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Tianjin medical universty cancer institute & hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin, China
Research institue of general surgery, Jinling hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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