Anthracycline
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Anthracycline | |
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Term | Anthracycline |
Short definition | anthracycline (AN-thruh-SY-clin) A type of antibiotic derived from certain types ofStreptomycesBacteria. Anthracyclines are used to treat many types of cancer. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
anthracycline - (pronounced) (AN-thruh-SY-clin) A type of antibiotic derived from certain types ofStreptomycesBacteria. Anthracyclines are used to treat many types of cancer. Anthracyclines damage the DNA in cancer cells, causing them to die. Daunorubicin, doxorubicin and epirubicin are anthracyclines
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