DOXORUBICIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doxorubicin mean? 

• DOXORUBICIN (noun)
  The noun DOXORUBICIN has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug

  Familiarity information: DOXORUBICIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOXORUBICIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic used as an anticancer drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("doxorubicin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

 Context examples 

The scientists turned to doxorubicin (dox), a drug used to treat many cancer types.

(Injectable nanoparticles deliver cancer therapy in mice, NIH)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin and paclitaxel used to treat recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.

(AT Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of vincristine, etoposide, prednisone and doxorubicin for the treatment of male patients with childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(OEPA regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is less cardiotoxic than doxorubicin.

(Menogaril, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperhidrosis appears to play a role in the development of certain mucocutaneous reactions, such as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE), upon administration of chemotherapeutic agents such as doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil, and capecitabine.

(Antiperspirant Cream F511, NCI Thesaurus)

These agents are less cardiotoxic than doxorubicin.

(Anthrapyrazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Because of passive accumulation within tumors, this agent may improve the therapeutic effects of doxorubicin while minimizing systemic toxicity.

(Aldoxorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A liposome-encapsulated form of the semi-synthetic doxorubicin analogue annamycin with antineoplastic activity.

(Annamycin Liposomal, NCI Thesaurus)

Daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and epirubicin are anthracyclines.

(Anthracycline, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic non-cardiotoxic analogue of the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anthracycline Analogue GPX-150, NCI Thesaurus)