Description
Bleomycin is indicated to used for several cancer include:
- Testicular Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Hodgkin’s Disease
- Less Commonly in Non-Hodgkin’s Disease
Also, Bleomycin can be put inside the chest in order to help prevent the recurrence of a Pleural effusion due to cancer.
FAQ's
What kind of drug is Bleomycin?
Bleomycin is a chemotherapy medicine used in many cancer patients, such as testicular carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, etc.
What is Bleomycin made from?
Bleomycin medicine is a mixture of cytotoxic glycopeptide antibiotics extracted from a strain of bacterium Streptomyces Verticillus.
What are the uses of Bleomycin?
Bleomycin is used to treat certain types of blood cancer, skin cancer, cancer of the thyroid and squamous cancer.
What are the frequent side effects of Bleomycin?
The frequent side-effects of the medicine Bleomycin are vomiting, fever, rash, rapid weight loss, etc.