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PREDNISONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
Synonyms:
Deltasone; Liquid Pred; Meticorten; Orasone; prednisone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prednisone" is a kind of...):
anti-inflammatory; anti-inflammatory drug (a medicine intended to reduce inflammation)
glucocorticoid (a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity)
Context examples:
Also called chlorambucil-prednisone regimen, CP, and CP regimen.
(Chlorambucil-prednisone, NCI Dictionary)
Also called chlorambucil-prednisone, chlorambucil-prednisone regimen, and CP.
(CP regimen, NCI Dictionary)
A regimen consisting of vincristine, prednisone, procarbazine and doxorubicin (OPPA) used in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of female patients with childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma with low-risk features.
(OPPA regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, bleomycin and prednisone used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(ACVBP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, vincristine sulfate, etoposide, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide.
(ABVE-PC, NCI Dictionary)
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used for the treatment of advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.
(BEACOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, prednisone and vincristine.
(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Etoposide/Prednisone/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used with prednisone to treat hormone-resistant prostate cancer that has spread and that had been treated with docetaxel.
(Cabazitaxel, NCI Dictionary)
Also called chlorambucil-prednisone, chlorambucil-prednisone regimen, and CP regimen.
(CP, NCI Dictionary)
A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisone, and vincristine.
(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Prednisone/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)
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