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.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Sparrow Regional Cancer Center, Lansing, Michigan, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Basurtuko Ospitalea, Basurto, Spain
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, Spain
Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Ospedale E. Morelli, Sondalo, SO, Italy
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Napoli, Italy
Ospedale L. Sacco Polo Universitario, Milano, Italy
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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