• What is cytarabine?

  Cytarabine is a prescription medicine used with other drugs to treat adults and children with acute myeloid leukemia and to prevent and treat a type of leukemia that has spread to the meninges (the tissue that covers and protects the brain and spinal cord). It may also be used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia and blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia. Cytarabine stops cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite.

  Cytarabine is approved to be used with other drugs to treat:

  • Acute non-lymphocytic leukemia in adults and children.

  Cytarabine is also approved to prevent and treat:

  • Meningeal leukemia (leukemia that has spread to the meninges). It is given as intrathecal therapy.

  Cytarabine may also be used to treat:

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in blastic phase.

  Cytarabine is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

  Cytarabine is also available in a different form, combined with Daunorubicin Hydrochloride.

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These FAQs provide a summary of the most important information about Cytarabine Injection. If you would like more information or have any questions, talk to your healthcare provider.

• What is daunorubicin?

  Daunorubicin is a prescription medicine that comes from the bacterium Streptomyces coeruleorubidus and is used with other drugs as remission induction therapy to treat adults with acute myeloid leukemia and adults and children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Daunorubicin hydrochloride blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of anthracycline antibiotic and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor. Daunorubicin is the active ingredient of daunorubicin hydrochloride.

  Daunorubicin hydrochloride is approved to be used with other drugs as remission induction therapy to treat:

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults and children.
  • Acute myeloid leukemia in adults.

  It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

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These FAQs provide a summary of the most important information about Daunorubicin Injection. If you would like more information or have any questions, talk to your healthcare provider.

• What is etoposide phosphate?

  Etoposide phosphate is a prescription medicine used with other drugs to treat small cell lung cancer and certain types of testicular cancer. Etoposide phosphate blocks a certain enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair, and it may kill cancer cells. It is a type of podophyllotoxin derivative and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor.

  Etoposide phosphate is approved to be used with other drugs to treat:

  • Small cell lung cancer. It is used with cisplatin as first-line therapy.
  • Testicular cancer. It is used in patients who have already been treated with surgery, radiation therapy, or other chemotherapy and have not gotten better.

  Etoposide phosphate is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

• References

These FAQs provide a summary of the most important information about Etoposide Injection. If you would like more information or have any questions, talk to your healthcare provider.