Carmustine
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| Carmustine | |
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| Term | Carmustine |
| Short definition | Carmustine - (pronounced) (kar-mus-teen) medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of brain tumours, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and with prednisone to treat multiple myeloma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Carmustine - (pronounced) (kar-mus-teen) medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of brain tumours, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and with prednisone to treat multiple myeloma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Carmustine damages the cell's DNA and can kill cancer cells. It's a type of alkylating agent and a type of nitrosourea. Also called BCNU and BiCNU
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