Definitions
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- adjective Effective in treating cancer.
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- adjective medicine That is used to
treat cancer .
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- adjective used in the treatment of cancer
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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While these patients aren't generally expected to experience clinical benefit, there are circumstances in which off-label anticancer drugs are accepted as the standard of care, such as the use of high-dose carboplatin in some childhood cancers.
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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While these patients aren't generally expected to experience clinical benefit, there are circumstances in which off-label anticancer drugs are accepted as the standard of care, such as the use of high-dose carboplatin in some childhood cancers.
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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Zevalin® (Yttrium-90 [(90) Y] ibritumomab tiuxetan) appears to provide effective, long-term anticancer responses for patients with follicular lymphoma whose cancer has progressed following an autologous stem cell transplant.
unknown title 2008
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