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CYTOTOXIC ANTIBIOTIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

Chemical substance, produced by microorganisms, inhibiting or preventing the development of neoplasms.

CONT

Gemtuzumab ozogamicin is targeted against CD33, a surface marker expressed by 90% of myeloid leukemic blasts but absent from stem cells, and is armed with calicheamicin, a potent cytotoxic antibiotic that inhibits DNA synthesis and induces apoptosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

La mithramycine, ou plicamycine, est un antibiotique cytotoxique, utilisé parfois comme agent antitumoral.

CONT

La bléomycine est un antibiotique cytotoxique utilisé dans le traitement des lymphomes, des carcinomes épimerdoïdes et des tumeurs testiculaires.

Spanish

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