Doxorubicin (Systemic)

Brand Names : Adriamycin PFS, Adriamycin RDF, Rubex

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, doxorubicin is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of cancer of the skin and mucous membranes that is more common in patients with AIDS)
• Cancer of the adrenal cortex (the outside layer of the adrenal gland)
• Cancer of the cervix
• Cancer of the endometrium
• Cancer of the esophagus
• Cancers of the head and neck
• Cancer of the liver
• Cancer of the pancreas
• Cancer of the prostate
• Cancer of the thymus (a small organ found under the breast bone)
• Carcinoid tumors
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (a type of cancer of the blood and lymph system)
• Ewing's sarcoma (a type of cancer found in the bone)
• Gestational trophoblastic tumors (tumors in the uterus or womb)
• Hepatoblastoma (a certain type of liver cancer that occurs in children)
• Multiple myeloma (a certain type of cancer of the blood)
• Non-small cell lung cancer (a certain type of lung cancer usually associated with prior smoking, passive smoking, or radon exposure)
• Retinoblastoma (a type of eye cancer found primarily in children)
• Tumors in the ovaries

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.