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.
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
The University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin, China
University of Kansas Cancer Center, Fairway, Kansas, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Xianmin Song, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts general Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, United States
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
University Hospital of Frankfurt (Main), Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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