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PROCARBAZINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("procarbazine" is a kind of...):
antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)
Context examples:
The regimen contains mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (MOPP) and doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine (ABV).
(MOPP/ABV Hybrid Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A chemotherapy combination consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, mechlorethamine, methotrexate, prednisone, procarbazine, and vincristine.
(Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Etoposide/Mechlorethamine/Methotrexate/Prednisone/Procarbazine/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)
A derivative of the original MOPP regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone used as an initial treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(COPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.
(COPP, NCI Dictionary)
A derivative of the original MOPP regimen consisting of chlorambucil, vinblastine, procarbazine and prednisone used for the initial treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(chlVPP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs bleomycin sulfate, etoposide phosphate, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.
(BEACOPP, NCI Dictionary)
COPP-ABV includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, prednisone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, and vinblastine sulfate.
(COPP-ABV, NCI Dictionary)
A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (COOP) alternating with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (ABVD), used for the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(COPP-ABVD Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone and procarbazine (COPP) alternating with doxorubicin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV), used in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of low-risk, childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(COPP-ABV regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
COPP-ABV regimen includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, prednisone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, and vinblastine sulfate.
(COPP-ABV regimen, NCI Dictionary)
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