Carmustine implant
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Term | Carmustine implant |
Short definition | Carmustine implant - (pronounced) (kar-mus-teen IM attachment) drug used with surgery and radiation therapy to treat high-grade glioma that has not been treated and with surgery to treat glioblastoma multiforme that has come back (returned). The carmustine implant is a form of carmustine contained in a wafer. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
Carmustine implant - (pronounced) (kar-mus-teen IM attachment) drug used with surgery and radiation therapy to treat high-grade glioma that has not been treated and with surgery to treat glioblastoma multiforme that has come back (returned). The carmustine implant is a form of carmustine contained in a wafer. The wafer has a coating that slowly dissolves, releasing carmustine directly into the area where the brain tumor was removed. This form may have fewer side effects and work better than other forms of carmustine. The carmustine implant is a type of alkylating agent and a type of nitrosourea. Also called Gliadel Wafer and polifeprosan 20 Carmustine implant
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