Elacytarabine
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Term | Elacytarabine |
Short definition | elacytarabine (EH-luh-sy-TAYR-uh-been) A drug used to treat advanced acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It is a form of the cancer drug cytarabine that may work in patients with leukemia who are resistant to cytarabine. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
elacytarabine - (pronounced) (EH-luh-sy-TAYR-uh-been) A drug used to treat advanced acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It is a form of the cancer drug cytarabine that may work in patients with leukemia who are resistant to cytarabine. Elacytarabine blocks cell division and can kill cancer cells. It's a type of antimetabolite. Also called CP-4055 and Elacyt
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