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A chemotherapeutic drug categorized as a cytotoxic/antitumor antibiotic. As an anticancer drug, it is typically used in the treatment of cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and testicular cancer. Bleomycin interferes with cell growth by damaging DNA and preventing DNA repair. An anticancer antibiotic that can induce DNA strand breaks. It is the first mutagen applied to mutagen sensitivity assay.
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Schwab, M. (2015). Bleomycin. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_666-2
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