2024年4月5日 · Topotecan is used to treat ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer, and certain types of cervical cancer. Topotecan is usually given after other treatments have failed. Topotecan may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

2025年3月1日 · Topotecan injection is used to treat patients with metastatic cancer (a cancer that has already spread) of the ovaries after other treatments have failed. This medicine is also used to treat a certain type of lung cancer called small cell lung cancer.

Topotecan, sold under the brand name Hycamtin among others, is a chemotherapeutic agent medication that is a topoisomerase inhibitor. It is a synthetic, water-soluble analog of the natural chemical compound camptothecin. It is used in the form of its hydrochloride salt to treat ovarian cancer, lung cancer and other cancer types.

Topotecan is a chemotherapy medication that treats small cell lung cancer. This type of cancer starts when healthy cells in your lungs mutate or change into cancerous cells. This medication comes as a capsule that you can take by mouth with a glass of water as directed. What is this medication? TOPOTECAN (TOE poe TEE kan) is a chemotherapy drug.

Topotecan Injection is indicated for the treatment of chemotherapy-sensitive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after failure of first-line chemotherapy. Chemotherapy-sensitive SCLC is defined as...

It works by killing cancer cells or slowing their growth. Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking topotecan and each time you get a refill....

2024年8月2日 · Topotecan hydrochloride for injection, as a single agent, is indicated for the treatment of patients with metastatic ovarian cancer after disease progression on or after initial or subsequent chemotherapy.

Topotecan is in a class of medications called topoisomerase I inhibitors. It works by killing cancer cells. How should this medicine be used? Topotecan comes as a capsule to take by mouth. It may be taken with or without food. It is usually taken once a day for 5 days in a row every 21 days.

Topotecan injection is used to treat ovarian cancer (cancer that begins in the female reproductive organs where eggs are formed) and small cell lung cancer (a type of cancer that begins in the lungs) that have spread and did not improve after treatment with other medications.

2024年4月5日 · Detailed Topotecan dosage information for adults. Includes dosages for Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Small Cell Lung Cancer; plus renal, liver and dialysis adjustments.