What does VP-16 stand for?

Etoposide

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The researchers point out that podophyllotoxin is used in manufacturing etoposide, the active ingredient in a drug used for treating lung and testicular cancer.

American mayapple found to produce anti-cancer compound

An objective response was reported in a patient whose SCLC had recurred within four months of treatment with cisplatin, etoposide, and Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt.

United States : ImmunoGen Announces Encouraging New Clinical Data ...

These include anti-cancer drugs such as etoposide, the beta blockers atenolol, celiprolol and talinolol, and the antibiotics ciprofloxacin, levo-floxacin and itraconazole.

How that 'healthy' fruit juice could give you liver failure -- or ...

After 1986, ifosfamide replaced cyclophosphamide with the addition of etoposide to the cycles of maintenance chemotherapy.

Pelvic Ewing's sarcoma: a review from Scottish Bone Tumour Registry

Adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin, leucovorin, 5-fluorouracil and etoposide regimen in resected gastric cancer patients: a randomized phase III trial by the Gruppo Oncologico Italia Meridionale (GOIM 9602 Study).

Adjuvant treatment for radically resected gastric cancer patients: ...

Name of trial A Phase Ib/II Study of CYT997 in Combination with Carboplatin and Etoposide in Relapsed Glioblastoma Multiforme (CCL08001).

CYTOPIA BEGINS SECOND PHASE II STUDY IN BRAIN CANCER

To date, grapefruit, orange and apple juices have been shown to lower the absorption of etoposide (an anti-cancer agent), several beta-blockers (used to treat high blood pressure and prevent heart attacks), cyclosporine (which prevents rejection of transplanted organs) and certain antibiotics.

Some fruit juices may inhibit prescription drug effectiveness

Among the drugs affected by consumption of grapefruit, orange and apple juices are: etoposide, an anticancer agent; beta blockers (atenolol, celiprolol, talinolol) used to treat high blood pressure and prevent heart attacks; and certain antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, itraconazole).

Some fruit juices can harm drug absorption: study