carmustine

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Carmustine
Carmustine or BCNU is a mustard gas-related β-chloro-nitrosourea compound used as an alkylating agent in chemotherapy. It is used in the treatment of several types of brain cancer (including glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, medulloblastoma and astrocytoma), multiple myeloma and lymphoma (Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin). Carmustine for injection is marketed under the name BiCNU by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Carmustine
Carmustine /car·mus·tine/ a cytotoxic alkylating agent of the nitrosourea group, used as an antineoplastic agent. car·mus·tine n. [more]Carmustine - Community and Resources


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carmustine
An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents. 

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