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  • adjective Preventing or countering leukemia.
  • noun Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.

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Examples

  • To start with, the standard antileukemic drugs were given in rapid-fire succession.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Had Farber asked any of the pediatricians circulating in the wards above him about the likelihood of developing an antileukemic drug, they would have advised him not to bother trying.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Had Farber asked any of the pediatricians circulating in the wards above him about the likelihood of developing an antileukemic drug, they would have advised him not to bother trying.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • To start with, the standard antileukemic drugs were given in rapid-fire succession.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • To start with, the standard antileukemic drugs were given in rapid-fire succession.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Had Farber asked any of the pediatricians circulating in the wards above him about the likelihood of developing an antileukemic drug, they would have advised him not to bother trying.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • As has happened in mice, the oxidation of 6-MP to thiouric acid was inhibited in a dose-related manner, and the antileukemic activity of 6-MP was potentiated proportionally (45), (69-71).

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

  • Thus, although, less 6-MP was required to produce an antileukemic effect, the therapeutic index of 6-MP for leukemia remained unchanged.

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

  • This progress has been hallmarked by influential discoveries of the genomics of ALL biology, the pharmacogenomics of antileukemic agents and the translation of this knowledge and new technologies into more effective, less toxic therapy.

    unknown title 2009

  • In addition, 21 of the 102 SNPs that predicted MRD also significantly associated with the pharmacokinetics of two antileukemic drugs, etoposide and methotrexate, which are representative of the array of antileukemic medications used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.

    unknown title 2009

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