injection is given with other medicines to treat patients with metastatic (a cancer that has spread) carcinoma of the colon or rectum. Altuzan is also used to treat a certain type of metastatic lung cancer called nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, and a certain type of brain tumor called glioblastoma.
Altuzan is a substance that helps the body fight cancer. It prevents the growth of certain types of blood vessels to cancer cells. This helps to decrease the growth of cancer cells by starving the cells of nutrients that are needed to grow.
Altuzan injection is also used in combination with other medicines (eg, interferon alfa) to treat patients with cancer of the kidney that has spread to other areas of the body. It is also used in combination with other medicines (eg, paclitaxel and cisplatin, or paclitaxel and topotecan) to treat patients with cancer of the cervix that has spread to other areas of the body. Altuzan is also used in combination with other medicines (eg, paclitaxel, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, or topotecan) to treat patients with platinum-resistant, recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
Altuzan is to be given only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor.
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, Altuzan is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:
- Diabetic macular edema (swelling of the back of the eye in diabetic patients).
- Glioblastoma multiforme, recurrent, after therapy with temozolomide (a type of brain cancer that is getting worse or not responding to therapy).
- Metastatic colorectal cancer, first-line therapy, in combination with capecitabine and oxaliplatin (cancer of the colon or rectum that has spread to other areas of the body).
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