Totect

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Totect
TermTotect
Short definitionTotect - (pronounced) (TOH text) drug that contains the active ingredient dexrazoxane and is used to treat serious side effects caused by certain types of cancer drugs. It is used to reduce heart damage in women taking doxorubicin for breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Totect - (pronounced) (TOH text) drug that contains the active ingredient dexrazoxane and is used to treat serious side effects caused by certain types of cancer drugs. It is used to reduce heart damage in women taking doxorubicin for breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is also used to treat the toxic effects of a cancer drug leaking from a vein into surrounding tissues, causing tissue damage. Totect is a type of cardioprotectant, a type of chemoprotectant, and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor

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