Dacarbazine
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| Dacarbazine | |
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| Term | Dacarbazine |
| Short definition | DACA - A substance being studied for the treatment of cancer. It's a type of topoisomerase inhibitor. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Dacarbazine - (pronounced) (duh-KAR-boo-zeen) A drug used to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma, which hasn't gotten better with other cancer drugs, and melanoma, which has spread to other parts of the body. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Dacarbazine damages the cell's DNA and can kill cancer cells. It's a type of alkylating agent
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