Plenaxis

Plenaxis
A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available. It belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists. Also called abarelix.

English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.

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  • Plenaxis — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Abarelix Andere Namen N Acetyl 3 (2 naphthyl) D …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Abarelix — drugbox IUPAC name = acetyl D β naphthylalanyl D 4 chlorophenylalanyl D 3 pyridylalanyl L seryl L N methyl tyrosyl D asparagyl L leucyl L N(e ) isopropyl lysyl L prolyl D alanyl amide width = 400 CAS number = 183552 38 7 ATC prefix = L02 ATC… …   Wikipedia

  • Abarelix — Strukturformel …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist — A gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH antagonist) is a synthetic peptide that competes with the neurohormone GnRH for its receptor, thus decreasing or blocking GnRH action. As a result endogenous pituitary output of FSH and LH is shut …   Wikipedia

  • abarelix — A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available. It belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

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