A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)
For the treatment of acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia and blast phase of chronic myelocytic leukemia.
Cytarabine is indicated in combination with daunorubicin for the treatment of newly-diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in adults and pediatric patients 1 year and older.
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville, Warrenville, Illinois, United States
Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Oregon, United States
Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Easley, Easley, South Carolina, United States
University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
UZ Gent, Ghent, Belgium
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Institut Catalร D'Oncologia-Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Institut Catalร D'Oncologia-Hospital Duran I Reynals, Bellvitge, Spain
Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Hospital Clรญnico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
Uniklinikum Salzburg - Landeskrankenhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Universitรคtsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Princess Maxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
Unitรฉ d'hรฉmatologie pรฉdiatrique CHRU de Lille - Hรดpital Jeanne de Flandre, Lille, France
UZ Antwerpen Kinderhemato-oncologie, Edegem, Belgium
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University; Thoracic Oncology, Palo Alto, California, United States
Arnold Palmer Hosp-Children, Orlando, Florida, United States
Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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