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Definition

Mitomycin-C is also known as mitomycin and MMC. It is a medicine that kills cancer cells.

Purpose

Mitomycin-C may be used to fight a number of different cancers, including cancer of the stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, breast, lung, uterus, cervix, bladder, head, neck, and esophagus.

It is impossible to provide a detailed description of how mitomycin-C may be combined with other medications in the treatment of each of these cancers, but some examples can be presented. In the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), one therapeutic regimen that may be used is known as MT, which consists of mitomycin-C, vindesine, and cisplatin.

Mitomycin-C is sometimes used in...