Description
Bleomycin sulfate is an antibiotic that is used as a chemotherapy drug. It stops or slows the growth of cancer cells and other rapidly growing cells by damaging their DNA.
Bleomycin sulfate is approved to be used alone or with other drugs as palliative treatment of:
- Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva.
- Testicular cancer.
- Bleomycin sulfate is also approved to treat malignant pleural effusion and keep it from recurring (coming back).
Bleomycin sulfate is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.