Valrubicin
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Term | Valrubicin |
Short definition | Valrubicin - (pronounced) (val-ROO-bih-sin) drug used to treat bladder cancer in situ that did not improve after treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). It is used in patients who cannot have surgery straight away to remove all or part of the bladder. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
Valrubicin - (pronounced) (val-ROO-bih-sin) drug used to treat bladder cancer in situ that did not improve after treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). It is used in patients who cannot have surgery straight away to remove all or part of the bladder. Valrubicin is given as a solution through a catheter that is inserted into the bladder. It blocks a specific enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair and can kill cancer cells. Valrubicin is a type of anthracycline antibiotic and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor. Also called AD 32 and Valstar
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