Acalabrutinib

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Acalabrutinib
TermAcalabrutinib
Short definitionAcalabrutinib (uh-KA-luh-BROO-tih-nib) medicine used to treat adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma and adults with mantle cell lymphoma who have been treated with at least one other therapy. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Acalabrutinib - (pronounced) (uh-KA-luh-BROO-tih-nib) medicine used to treat adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma and adults with mantle cell lymphoma who have been treated with at least one other therapy. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Acalabrutinib blocks a protein called BTK, which can help prevent cancer cells from growing. It's a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Also called Calquence

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