An antibiotic used to treat forms of cancer such as Hodgkin’s disease.
An antibiotic with action against cancer cells, used in the treatment of Hodgkin’s disease and other lymphomas and in squamous-cell carcinoma. It is administered by injection and can cause toxic side-effects in the skin and lungs; it should not be used in patients with impaired kidney function or lung disease.
A cytotoxic antibiotic, obtained from Streptomyces verticillus, used to treat solid cancerous tumours of the upper part of the gut and genital tract, and lymphomas. Like other cytotoxic drugs it can have serious side-effects, and bleomycin may cause pulmonary fibrosis and skin pigmentation.