idarubicin

idarubicin /ida·ru·bi·cin/ (i″dah-roo´bĭ-sin) an anthracycline antineoplastic used as the hydrochloride salt in the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia.

idarubicin,

an antibiotic and antineoplastic.

indications This drug is used in combination with other antineoplastics for acute myelocytic leukemia in adults.

contraindications Pregnancy, hypersensitivity, lactation, and myelosuppression prohibit the use of this drug.

adverse effects Adverse effects of this drug include hypertension, extrasystoles, ventricular tachycardia, bundle branch block, atrioventricular block, palpitations, supraventricular extrasystoles, sycope, and nausea. Common side effects include headache, hypotension, and bradycardia. Life-threatening side effects include sinus arrest, congestive heart failure, and arrhythmias.

idarubicin [i″dah-roo´bĭ-sin]

an antitumor antibiotic of the anthracycline group, administered intravenously in the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia.

idarubicin

an anthracycline antibiotic used as an antineoplastic agent; similar to doxorubicin.

idarubicin

4-demethoxydaunorubicin Oncology An antitumor antibiotic

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anthracycline antineoplastic Idamycin idarubicin hydrochloride mitoxantrone hydrochloride Novantrone	Chemotherapeutics such as doxorubicin (Adriamycin), daunorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin have been used for four decades to treat many types of cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma, sarcomas and carcinomas. How chemotherapy drugs slow cancer spread by Asian News International However, the effect is usually temporary and many patients relapse: treatment may then be continued with ATRA and a chemotherapeutic agent such as idarubicin, and this can produce over 90% remission [2] . Acute promyelocytic leukaemia, all-trans-retinoic acid and arsenic by Wood, E.J. / Clinical Dermatology Past treatments included idarubicin and cytarabine induction therapy followed by a cycle of high-dose cytarabine. Recognize Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome in patients with ... by Oestreicher, Pamela / ONS Connect	Ictal EEG Ictalurus icter- icteric ictero- icteroanemia icterogenic icterogenins icterohepatitis icteroid icterus icterus gravis icterus gravis neonatorum icterus index icterus neonatorum icthyosis ictus ICU ICU Psychosis ID ID number id reaction ID50 ida Idamycin idarubicin idarubicin hydrochloride idazoxan IDD IDDM idea idea of influence idea of persecution idea of reference ideal ideal body weight ideal gas ideal gas law Ideal weight idealization idealized image ideas of reference ideation ideational apraxia ideational dyspraxia Ideator idee fixe idée fixe identical identical by descent identical twins	IDAOPI IDAP IDAPA IDAPB IDAPE IDAPI IDAPI IDAPP IDAPR IDAPT IDAQP IDAQPRT IDAQS Idar IDARC IDARE IDARESA IDARI IDARM IDARMS IDARN IDARNG IDARS Idarskoe Belogore IDART idarubicin Idarubicin hydrochloride Idarubicin-Vincristine-L-Asparaginase-Prednisone Idas Idas Idas Idas Idas IDAS/MATT IDASA IDASA IDASC IDASDC IDASL IDASS IDAT IDATA Idatarod Idatarod IDATS IDAV iDAVE IDAVS iDAW IDAY idazoxan IDB IDB IDB IDB IDB+

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mitoxantrone hydrochloride
Novantrone

Chemotherapeutics such as doxorubicin (Adriamycin), daunorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin have been used for four decades to treat many types of cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma, sarcomas and carcinomas.

How chemotherapy drugs slow cancer spread by Asian News International

However, the effect is usually temporary and many patients relapse: treatment may then be continued with ATRA and a chemotherapeutic agent such as idarubicin, and this can produce over 90% remission [2] .

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia, all-trans-retinoic acid and arsenic by Wood, E.J. / Clinical Dermatology

Past treatments included idarubicin and cytarabine induction therapy followed by a cycle of high-dose cytarabine.

Recognize Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome in patients with ... by Oestreicher, Pamela / ONS Connect