VINBLASTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinblastine mean? 

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

1. periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINBLASTINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Velban; vinblastine

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

periwinkle plant derivative (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)

 Context examples 

A regimen consisting of estramustine and vinblastine used for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

(Estramustine-Vinblastine Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Achemoimmunotherapy regimen consisting of cisplatin, vinblastine, dacarbazine, aldesleukin (IL-2), and interferon, used for the treatment of advanced-stage or metastatic malignant melanoma.

(CVD IL-2/IFN Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cisplatin and vinblastine used to treat advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

(Cisplatin-Vinblastine Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

ABVD is named for combining several drugs known as adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine.

(Chemotherapy cocktail may cause adult women to grow new egg cells, Wikinews)

A regimen consisting of etoposide, vinblastine, cytarabine and cisplatin used for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma.

(EVAP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin and vinblastine used to treat Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

(AV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic derivative of the vinca alkaloid vinblastine, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anhydrovinblastine, NCI Thesaurus)

The treatment plan consists of the following 4 phases: COP (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone); COPADM (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, doxorubicin and methotrexate); VEBBP (vinblastine, etoposide, bleomycin, prednisone); and Sequence 1 (vincristine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin).

(HM91 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin used for the treatment of advanced-stage bladder cancer.

(MVAC Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

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)