A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of B-cell cancer. It contains an antibody linked to a toxic substance. The antibody binds to proteins … [Read more...]
D
DT388IL3 fusion protein
A substance being studied in the treatment of myeloid leukemia (a disease in which too many immature non-lymphocyte white blood cells are found in the blood and … [Read more...]
DTA-H19 plasmid
A plasmid DNA encoding the A chain of the diphtheria toxin (DT-A) driven by the transcriptional regulatory sequences of human H19, with potential antineoplastic … [Read more...]
DTGM fusion protein
An anticancer drug formed by the combination of diphtheria toxin and a colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The colony-stimulating factor is attracted to cancer … [Read more...]
DTH
An inflammatory response that develops 24 to 72 hours after exposure to an antigen that the immune system recognizes as foreign. This type of immune response … [Read more...]
DTIC-Dome
(Other name for: dacarbazine) … [Read more...]
DU 145
A cell line made from human prostate cancer cells that is used in the laboratory to study the way prostate cancer cells grow. … [Read more...]
dual energy x-ray absorptiometric scan
An imaging test that measures bone density (the amount of bone mineral contained in a certain volume of bone) by passing x-rays with two different energy levels … [Read more...]
dual x-ray absorptiometry
An imaging test that measures bone density (the amount of bone mineral contained in a certain volume of bone) by passing x-rays with two different energy levels … [Read more...]
duborimycin
An anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic with therapeutic effects similar to those of doxorubicin. Duborimycin exhibits cytotoxic activity through … [Read more...]