yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan

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Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan
Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan, also known as IDEC-Y2B8 monoclonal antibody, is an anticancer drug. It is a combination of the radioisotope yttrium-90 and a monoclonal antibody, a produced substance that can locate and bind to cancer cells. Once attached to a cell, it can either kill it or deliver radioactive cancer-killing substances to it without harming normal cells.
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yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan
An anticancer drug that is a combination of a monoclonal antibody and a radioisotope (yttrium-90). Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced substances that can locate and bind to cancer cells. Also called IDEC-Y2B8 monoclonal antibody.

A Service of the National Cancer Institute.

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