Adcetris
| Adcetris | |
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| Term | Adcetris |
| Short definition | Adcetris (ad-SEH-tris) medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat adults with certain types of cutaneous or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma, classic Hodgkin's lymphoma, or mycosis fungoides, and with other medicines to treat children aged 2 years and older used with certain medicines Types of classical Hodgkin lymphoma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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Adcetris - (pronounced) (ad-SEH-tris) medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat adults with certain types of cutaneous or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma, classic Hodgkin's lymphoma, or mycosis fungoides, and with other medicines to treat children aged 2 years and older used with certain medicines Types of classical Hodgkin lymphoma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Adcetris contains a monoclonal antibody that attaches to a protein called CD30 found on some lymphoma cells. It also contains a cancer drug that can help kill cancer cells. Adcetris is a type of antibody-drug conjugate. Also called brentuximab vedotin and SGN-35
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