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.
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
LKH Leoben, Leoben, Austria
Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch-Tisis, Austria
Universitaet Kinderklinik, Graz, Austria
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Medical & Surgical Specialists, LLC, Galesburg, Illinois, United States
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Fort Wayne Oncology & Hematology, Inc, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Northwell Health NCORP, Lake Success, New York, United States
Northwell Health/Center for Advanced Medicine, Lake Success, New York, United States
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ospedale San Martino, Genova, GE, Italy
Divisione di Oncologia Medica, U.S.L.L. 13, Noale, VE, Italy
Ospedale Umberto di Frosinone, Frosinone, FR, Italy
McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite Laval, Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada
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