Etoposide
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| Term | Etoposide |
| Short definition | etoposide (ee-toh-POH page) The active substance in a medicine used with other medicines to treat small cell lung cancer and certain types of testicular cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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etoposide - (pronounced) (ee-toh-POH page) The active substance in a medicine used with other medicines to treat small cell lung cancer and certain types of testicular cancer. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Etoposide blocks a specific enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair, and it can kill cancer cells. It is a kind of podophyllotoxin derivative and a kind of topoisomerase inhibitor. Also called VP-16
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