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.
Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
VM Medical Park Mersin Hospital, Mezitli, Mersin, Turkey
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
XiangYa Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Si Chuan, China
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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