Search Database

Name

Etoposide

Alternate Names

Dom-Etoposide
Epipodophyllotoxin derivative
Epipodophyllotoxin ethylidene gluco-pyranoside
Eposine
Ethylidene-Lignan P
Etopophos
Podophyllotoxin derivative
Vepesid
VP 16-213
VP-16
VP-16213
Toposar

Abbreviations

EPEG
VP-16
VP-16-213

Category

Chemotherapy

Subcategory

Epipodophyllotoxin, topoisomerase II inhibitor
Plant alkaloid

NSC Number

141540

Primary Site

Gastric cancer
Hodgkins lymphoma
Lung cancer (NSCLC, SCLC)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
testicular cancer (Germ cell tumors)

Histology

None

Remarks

Plant alkaloid. FDA approved use on small-cell lung cancer, testicular cancer.

Coding

This drug should be coded
Glossary