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Term | Mapatumumab |
Short definition | mapatumumab - (pronounced) (ma-puh-TOO-muh-mab) A substance being studied to treat some types of cancer. It attaches to a protein called TRAIL R1 on the surface of some tumor cells. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
mapatumumab - (pronounced) (ma-puh-TOO-muh-mab) A substance being studied to treat some types of cancer. It attaches to a protein called TRAIL R1 on the surface of some tumor cells. This can kill the tumor cells. Mapatumumab is a type of monoclonal antibody. Also called anti-TRAIL R1 mAb and HGS-ETR1
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