Name

Eribulin

Alternate Names

B1939
E7389
ER-086526
eribulin mesylate
Halaven

Abbreviations

None

Category

Chemotherapy

Subcategory

Inhibitor of microtubular dynamics

NSC Number

NSC707389

Primary Site

GYN
Metastatic breast
NSCLC
Pancreas
prostate
urinary sites
Soft tisse

Histology

None

Remarks

Eribulin mesylate was approved by the US FDA on November 15, 2010, to treat patients with metastatic breast cancer who have received at least two prior chemotherapy regimens for late-stage disease, including both anthracycline and taxane-based chemotherapies.

January 28, 2016: FDA approved Halaven (eribulin) for the treatment of liposarcoma that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or is advanced/metastatic. this treatment is approved for patients who received prior chemotherapy that contained an anthracycline drug.

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