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DOXORUBICIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("doxorubicin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
Context examples:
An immunoconjugate consisting of milatuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD74, conjugated to the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Milatuzumab-Doxorubicin Antibody-Drug Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), etoposide, prednisone, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin).
(OEPA, NCI Dictionary)
As an antineoplastic agent, morpholinodoxorubicin is more potent than doxorubicin.
(Morpholinodoxorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin used for the treatment of advanced-stage bladder cancer.
(MVAC Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A formulation of nanoparticles encapsulating the hydrochloride salt form of the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin, with potential antitumor activity.
(Nanoparticle-encapsulated Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A morpholinyl analogue of the anthracycline doxorubicin with antineoplastic activity.
(Nemorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of nemorubicin, a morpholinyl analogue of the anthracycline doxorubicin with antineoplastic activity.
(Nemorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Mitoxantrone is less cardiotoxic compared to doxorubicin.
(Mitoxantrone, NCI Thesaurus)
The regimen contains mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (MOPP) and doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine (ABV).
(MOPP/ABV Hybrid Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), prednisone, procarbazine hydrochloride, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin).
(OPPA, NCI Dictionary)
