mitomycin

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• Mitomycin C was isolated by Wakaki et al. in the 1950s from Streptomyces caespitosus.

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• In 2003, Kriukov et al. reported good results with mitomycin C in preventing scar formation in tympanic cavities during surgery on patients with suppurative otitis media.

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• During the past few years, several reports of the effects of mitomycin C on the tympanic membrane and skin have appeared.

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• In the latter study, mitomycin C was applied to the right ear of each patient and saline to the left ear.

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• Mitomycin C has also been found to delay the healing of surgical wounds in rat skin.

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• The use of mitomycin C in patients with Meniere's disease was first described by Yazawa et al. in 1999.

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• One of these adjunctive treatments is topical mitomycin C.

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• Cruz reported good results with mitomycin C in preventing postoperative adhesions in strabismus.

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• Mitomycin C is an antineoplastic agent produced by the fungus Streptomyces caespitosus.

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• Prior to the study described in this article, only three reports of mitomycin C's effects on the tympanic membrane and on scar tissue formation in humans have appeared in the literature.

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Synonyms

M

Mutamycin

vsmitomycin

• Specialized

9.9

A medicine given in chemotherapy to treat cancer

is the general group name for these antibiotics not the commercial label

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Etymology