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Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies
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melphalan
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Melphalan (trade name Alkeran , in former USSR also known as Sarcolysin ) is a chemotherapy drug belonging to the class of nitrogen mustard alkylating agents . An alkylating agent adds an alkyl group (CH) to DNA. It attaches the alkyl group to the guanine ...
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n. antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies [syn: Alkeran ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
Usage examples of melphalan.
However, we are informed he is in the category which will not respond to Melphalan tablets.
Apart from the daily Melphalan tablet, he had been prescribed a whole battery of drugs in an attempt to combat the cancer's pernicious side-effects: anaemia, the strain on the heart, and so on.