epirubicin
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Epirubicin — is an anthracycline drug used for chemotherapy. It is marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Ellence in the US and Pharmorubicin or Epirubicin Ebewe elsewhere. Similarly to other anthracyclines, epirubicin acts by intercalating DNA… … Wikipedia
Epirubicin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Epirubicin Andere Namen … Deutsch Wikipedia
epirubicin — A drug used together with other drugs to treat early breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Epirubicin is a type of anthracycline antibiotic. Also called epirubicin… … English dictionary of cancer terms
epirubicin — epi·ru·bi·cin (ep″ĭ rooґbĭ sin) an anthracycline antibiotic that is a stereoisomer of doxorubicin, having the same antineoplastic actions as but lower toxicity than doxorubicin; used in the treatment of carcinoma of the breast,… … Medical dictionary
epirubicin hydrochloride — A drug used together with other drugs to treat early breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Epirubicin hydrochloride is a type of anthracycline antibiotic. Also called… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Chemotherapy regimens — A fundamental philosophy of combination cancer therapy is that different drugs work through different cytotoxic mechanisms. Because they have different dose limiting adverse effects, they can be given together at full doses in chemotherapy… … Wikipedia
Anthracyclin — Strukturformeln von Doxorubicin und Epirubicin. Anthracycline sind aus Streptomyces Arten isolierte Antibiotika, die in der Chemotherapie als Zytostatika gegen verschiedene Krebsarten eingesetzt werden. Anthracycline wirken unter anderem, indem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Anthrazykline — Strukturformeln von Doxorubicin und Epirubicin. Anthracycline sind aus Streptomyces Arten isolierte Antibiotika, die in der Chemotherapie als Zytostatika gegen verschiedene Krebsarten eingesetzt werden. Anthracycline wirken unter anderem, indem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Esophageal cancer — Classification and external resources Endoscopic image of patient with esophageal adenocarcinoma seen at gastro esophageal junction. ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
Anthracycline — Image stack align=right image size=200 image1 c Daunorubicin, the prototypical anthracycline image2 c Doxorubicin image3 c Epirubicin Epirubicin image4 c IdarubicinAnthracyclines (or anthracycline antibiotics) are a class of drugs used in cancer… … Wikipedia
