dox·o·ru·bi·cin

(dŏk′sə-ro͞o′bĭ-sĭn)

An antibiotic, C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₁, obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peuceticus and used as an anticancer drug.

[Alteration of (hy)d(r)oxy + rubi(domy)cin, antibiotic from which it is derived (Latin rubidus, red, from its red crystals; see rubidium + -mycin).]

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doxorubicin

(ˌdɒksəˈruːbəsɪn)

an antineoplastic antibiotic used in the treatment of cancer

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doxorubicin - an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug

antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

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doxorubicin

n doxorubicina

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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 23, 2019-: Liposomal Doxorubicin Market To Gain Tremendous Demand Owing To Increasing Occurrence of Ovarian And Breast Cancer Till 2024 | Million Insights

Liposomal Doxorubicin Market To Gain Tremendous Demand Owing To Increasing Occurrence of Ovarian And Breast Cancer Till 2024 / Million Insights

Anthracyline drugs such as doxorubicin are first extracted from Streptomyces peucetius var.

COMPUTERISED DESIGNING OF DOXORUBICIN WITH BREAST CANCER CELLS: DOKSORUBISININ MEME KANSERI HUCRELERI ILE BILGISAYARLI TASARIMI

The company added that the DC Bead LUMI, which is a next-generation DC Bead, is the first commercially available Radiopaque Drug-Eluting Bead that can be loaded with doxorubicin or irinotecan for the local treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver metastases from colorectal cancer (mCRC), respectively.

BTG plc treats first liver tumour patient with DC Bead LUMI at the Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist

Eli Lilly reported that the results of ANNOUNCE, the Phase 3 study of Lartruvo in combination with doxorubicin in patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, or STS, did not confirm the clinical benefit of Lartruvo in combination with doxorubicin as compared to doxorubicin, a standard of care treatment.

Eli Lilly announces ANNOUNCE study of Lartruvo did not meet primary endpoints

Doxorubicin is an anthracycline anticancer drug with highly effective chemotherapeutic agent which is used to treat various cancers, including haematological malignancies and others sarcomas [1, 2].

Thymoquinone Ameliorates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Swiss Albino Mice by Modulating Oxidative Damage and Cellular Inflammation

The majority of the responses with doxorubicin-based regimens were seen in patients receiving the combination of doxorubicin and ifosfamide (4/5 pts) or doxorubicin and dacarbazine (1/5 pts).

Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Uterine Adenosarcoma

GPX-150 has been engineered specifically to retain the anticancer activity of doxorubicin while minimizing the potential for irreversible damage to the heart.

Monopar Therapeutics Acquires Cancer Drug Candidate from Gem Pharmaceuticals

For example, the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin was shown to induce EMT in different types of cancer cells, including breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and pancreatic cancer (17-19), although the mechanism of doxorubicin-induced EMT is unclear.

Salinomycin enhances doxorubicin sensitivity through reversing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cholangiocarcinoma cells by regulating ARK5

Objective: To demonstrate the morphological changes in number of seminiferous tubules that are produced by anthracycline doxorubicin on the testes of mice.

Potential of ascorbic acid as antioxidant on chemotherapeutic agent induced change in morphology of testes