Methotrexate For Cancer (Systemic)

Brand Names : amethopterin

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, methotrexate is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (a type of cancer of the blood and lymph system)
• Cancer in the membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord (the meninges)
• Cancer of the bladder
• Cancer of the brain (lymphoma)
• Cancer of the cervix
• Cancer of colon and rectum
• Cancer of the esophagus
• Cancer of the ovaries
• Cancer of the pancreas
• Cancer of the penis
• Cancers of the soft tissues of the body, including the muscles, connective tissues (tendons), vessels that carry blood or lymph, or fat
• Cancer of the stomach
• Hodgkin's lymphoma (a cancer of the lymph system, a part of the body's immune system)

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