In the treatment of colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, and non‐small cell lung cancer, the use of Topo I inhibitors, either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agent(s) or modalities of therapy, have shown encouraging outcomes.

Topotecan is another semi‐synthetic analogue of camptothecin.

By stabilising Top 1-DNA complexes, irinotecan generates Top …

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Topoisomerase I inhibitors are a new class of anticancer agents with a mechanism of action aimed at interrupting DNA replication in cancer cells, the result of which is cell death.

Nuclear DNA topoisomerase I (TOP1) is an essential human enzyme.