Dactinomycin is an
actinomycin indicated for the treatment of: adult and pediatric patients with Wilms tumor, as part of a multi-phase, combination chemotherapy regimen.
(4) Examples of antibiotics from Actinobacteria include streptomycin, streptothricin, and
actinomycin. (4,6) In addition to their antimicrobial activity, previous research indicated that Actinobacteria are a good source of promising compounds with herbicidal, antitumor, antifungal and anthelminthic activities.
All patients followed UKCCLG (United Kingdom Children Cancer and Leukemia Group) protocol for therapy.Two-drug preoperative chemotherapy with Vincristine and
Actinomycin was used in non-metastatic tumour for 4 cycles and Doxorubicin added for metastatic tumours and total duration of preoperative chemotherapy was increased to 6 cycles.
After Pre-Chemotherapy Workup, Multidrug Chemotherapy (Etoposide, Methotrexate,
Actinomycin - D, Cyclo-phosphamide, Oncovin / Vincristine) was started and the patient was regularly monitored by CBCs, LFTs, RFTs and Serum [beta] HCG.
[10] Chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of STS are bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate, vincristine,
actinomycin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, or dacarbazine.
1984, V RP.SA retrospective [21] Cytoxan A
Actinomycin Burdach et al.
We describe a case of a patient who continued to progress during treatments with carboplatin, paclitaxel, melphalan,
actinomycin D, and radiotherapy but achieved 18 months of progression free survival (PFS) and an improved quality of life with oral capecitabine despite her diffusely metastatic disease.
After the definitive histological diagnosis and multidisciplinary evaluation, the oncologist proposed an adjuvant therapy of six cycles with vincristine,
actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide, which was accepted by the patient.
In some of the experiments, the HUVECs were stimulated by a transcription inhibitor,
actinomycin D (5 [micro]g/ml), before [H.sub.2][O.sb.2] treatment and harvested after a certain time.
Subsequently, by using bovine thyroid cells, Knopp and co-workers confirmed this observation (1970) as well as an inhibitory effect of
actinomycin D when added together with TSH.