- idarubicin
- An anticancer drug that is a type of antitumor antibiotic. Also called 4-demethoxydaunorubicin.
English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
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Idarubicin — (pron en|ˌаɪdəˈruːbəsɪn) or 4 demethoxydaunorubicin is an anthracycline antileukemic drug that is currently combined with cytosine arabinoside as a first line treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor … Wikipedia
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