Mifamurtide
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| Mifamurtide | |
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| Term | Mifamurtide |
| Short definition | Mifamurtide - (pronounced) (mih-FAM-your-tide) drug being studied to treat young adults with bone cancer that has gotten worse or has come back. Mifamurtide activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill cancer cells. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Mifamurtide - (pronounced) (mih-FAM-your-tide) drug being studied to treat young adults with bone cancer that has gotten worse or has come back. Mifamurtide activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill cancer cells. It's a kind of immune stimulant. Also called L-MTP-PE, MEPACT and muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine
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