Epirubicin hydrochloride
| Epirubicin hydrochloride | |
|---|---|
| Term | Epirubicin hydrochloride |
| Short definition | epirubicin hydrochloride (EH-pih-ROO-bih-sin HY-droh-KLOR-ide) A medicine used with other medicines to treat breast cancer that has been surgically removed and is spreading has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
epirubicin hydrochloride - (pronounced) (EH-pih-ROO-bih-sin HY-droh-KLOR-ide) A medicine used with other medicines to treat breast cancer that has been surgically removed and is spreading has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Epirubicin hydrochloride blocks a specific enzyme needed for cell division and DNA repair and can kill cancer cells. It's a type of anthracycline antibiotic and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor. Epirubicin is the active ingredient in epirubicin hydrochloride. Also called Elence
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