Etoposide (Systemic)

Brand Names : VePesid, Etopophos, Toposar, VP-16

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, etoposide is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) - associated Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of cancer of the skin and mucous membranes that is more common in patients with AIDS)
• Cancer of the adrenal cortex (the outside layer of the adrenal gland)
• Cancers of the blood and lymph system
• Cancer in the bone
• Cancer of the endometrium
• Cancer of the lung (a certain type of lung cancer usually associated with prior smoking, passive smoking, or radon exposure)
• Cancer of the lymph system (a part of the body's immune system) that affects the skin
• Cancer of the stomach
• Cancers of the soft tissues of the body, including the muscles, connective tissues (tendons), vessels that carry blood or lymph, or fat
• Cancer of unknown primary site
• Ewing's sarcoma (a type of cancer found in the bone)
• Gestational trophoblastic tumors (tumors in the uterus or womb)
• Hepatoblastoma (a certain type of liver cancer that occurs in children)
• Multiple myeloma (a certain type of cancer of the blood)
• Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
• Neuroblastoma (a cancer of the nerves that usually occurs in children)
• Retinoblastoma (a cancer of the eye that usually occurs in children)
• Thymoma (a cancer of the thymus, which is a small organ that lies under the breastbone)
• Tumors in the brain
• Wilms" tumor (a cancer of the kidney that usually occurs in children)
• Cancer of the ovaries (a type of cancer found in the egg-making cells)

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.