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dacarbazine(Noun)
An antineoplastic drug used in chemotherapy.
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Dacarbazine
Dacarbazine is an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of various cancers, among them malignant melanoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, sarcoma, and islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas. Dacarbazine is a member of the class of alkylating agents, which destroy cancer cells by adding an alkyl group to its DNA. Dacarbazine is normally administered by intravenous infusion under the immediate supervision of a doctor or nurse. Dacarbazine is bioactivated in liver by demethylation to "MTIC" and then to diazomethane, which is an "alkylating agent".
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Dacarbazine
An antineoplastic agent. It has significant activity against melanomas. (from Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed, p564)
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dacarbazine in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dacarbazine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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