PROCARBAZINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procarbazine mean? 

• PROCARBAZINE (noun)
  The noun PROCARBAZINE has 1 sense:

1. an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease

  Familiarity information: PROCARBAZINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCARBAZINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("procarbazine" is a kind of...):

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)

 Context examples 

A regimen consisting of vincristine, prednisone, procarbazine and doxorubicin (OPPA) used in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of female patients with childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma with low-risk features.

(OPPA regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemotherapy combination consisting of cyclophosphamide, mechlorethamine, prednisone, procarbazine, and vincristine.

(Cyclophosphamide/Mechlorethamine/Prednisone/Procarbazine/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisone, procarbazine, and vincristine.

(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Prednisone/Procarbazine/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemotherapy regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used for the treatment of advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

(BEACOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the drugs mechlorethamine hydrochloride, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.

(MOPP, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen derived from the original MOPP-ABVD regimen, consisting of etoposide, vinblastine, doxorubicin (EVA) and chlorambucil, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone (ABVD), used for the initial treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(EVA-ChlVPP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemotherapy regimen consisting of mechlorethamine, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used alone or in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of stage I-IV Hodgkin lymphoma.

(MOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), prednisone, procarbazine hydrochloride, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin).

(OPPA, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU) and vincristine used for the treatment of low grade, adult oligodendroglial tumors.

(PCV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

An alternating, non-cross resistant regimen consisting of mechlorethamine, vincristine, prednisone and procarbazine (MOPP) followed by doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (ABVD), used for the initial treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(MOPP/ABVD Alternating Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)