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.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, GuangZhou, Guangdong, China
WuHan Tongji Hospital, WuHan, Hubei, China
LiaoNing Provincial Tumor Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
The second affiliated hospital of zhejiang university school of medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
American Family Children's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Santa Monica, California, United States
Princess Margaret, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
NCI Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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