Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A potent antineoplastic drug, C12H19N3O, used in its hydrochloride form in combination with other drugs to treat advanced Hodgkin's disease and to treat certain other cancers.
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- noun A particular
drug used inchemotherapy .
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- noun an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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For the past decade, a modified chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (COPP), together with adriamycin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV) has been used to treat patients with HD.
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This modified regimen contained less cyclophosphamide and procarbazine, agents known to impair fertility.
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On one side of the board was a list of cytotoxic drugs—Cytoxan, vincristine, procarbazine, methotrexate.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Methotrexate was substituted with a more powerful agent, procarbazine, and the duration of treatment was lengthened from two and a half months to six months.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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On one side of the board was a list of cytotoxic drugs—Cytoxan, vincristine, procarbazine, methotrexate.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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On one side of the board was a list of cytotoxic drugs—Cytoxan, vincristine, procarbazine, methotrexate.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Methotrexate was substituted with a more powerful agent, procarbazine, and the duration of treatment was lengthened from two and a half months to six months.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Methotrexate was substituted with a more powerful agent, procarbazine, and the duration of treatment was lengthened from two and a half months to six months.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Alliance says that combined sales of ImmuCyst, Gelclair, and procarbazine represent some 40% of Cambridge Labs total sales in 2009.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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These include: ImmuCyst®, an immunotherapy for superficial bladder cancer; Gelclair®, an oral gel for managing oral mucositis in chemotherapy patients; and the Hodgkin lymphoma therapy procarbazine.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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