Decitabine
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| Decitabine | |
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| Term | Decitabine |
| Short definition | decitabine - (pronounced) (deh-SY-tuh-been) A drug used to treat adults with myelodysplastic syndromes, including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
decitabine - (pronounced) (deh-SY-tuh-been) A drug used to treat adults with myelodysplastic syndromes, including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Decitabine stops cells from making DNA and can kill cancer cells. It's a type of antimetabolite. Also called dacogen
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