A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics. Also called pixantrone. … [Read more...]
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BBR 3464
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of platinum-based drugs. … [Read more...]
BCG
A weakened form of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (bacillus Calmette-Gu … [Read more...]
BCG intravesical solution
A solution containing an attenuated, live culture preparation of theBacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) strain of Mycobacterium bovis with potential … [Read more...]
BCG solution
A form of biological therapy for superficial (not invasive) bladder cancer. The solution is made from a weakened form of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis … [Read more...]
BCG vaccine
A vaccine containing bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, with non-specific immunoadjuvant and immunotherapeutic … [Read more...]
bcl-2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide G3139
A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. It may kill cancer cells by blocking the production of a protein that makes cancer cells live longer and … [Read more...]
BCL2
A protein that helps control whether a cell lives or dies by blocking a type of cell death called apoptosis. The gene for BCL2 is found on chromosome 18, and … [Read more...]
BCOP
A licensed pharmacist with special training in how to design, give, monitor, and change chemotherapy for cancer patients. Also called board certified oncology … [Read more...]
bcr-abl (b2a2)-derived peptide vaccine
A peptide vaccine consisting of the bcr-abl b2a2 fusion oncoprotein, frequently expressed in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), with potential antineoplastic … [Read more...]