chlorambucil
1
9.3
- noun
- /klɔːˈræmbjʊkɪl/
- Specialized
- Patients diagnosed with certain cancers often receive chlorambucil to help manage their condition.
- chlorambucil and azathioprine
- chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide
Examples
-
Cyclosporin is rapidly replacing azathioprine, chlorambucil, or cyclophosphamide as the supplementary agent of choice in patients of all ages, provided they have normal renal function.
Academic text (1991) -
Immunosuppressive agents have also been used, and these include: azathioprine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, gold, chlorambucil, and mycophenolate mofetil (reviewed in ref. 19).
Academic text (2007) -
Three patients received systemic therapy comprised of chlorambucil or CHOP.
Blog text (17) -
Indeed, they have received some chemotherapy regimens, including fludarabine in the former, and long-term steroid administration in addition to melphalan and chlorambucil in cases 4 and 5, respectively.
Academic text (2007) -
Chlorambucil is commonly prescribed to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic chlorambucil.
-
The oncologist recommended chlorambucil as part of the treatment plan for her lymphoma.
Synonyms
1
9.6
A medicine used to treat some blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word chlorambucil begins with chloro-, a part that means 'chlorine' or 'green' and makes the name sound like a chemical, and the whole word points to a medicine. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a chlorine-containing drug that fights cancer, which fits its use as an anti-cancer medicine.