noun
- Plural of procarbazine; a class of chemotherapy drugs used to treat certain cancers, particularly Hodgkin's lymphoma and brain tumors.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; typically used in plural form when referring to multiple drugs or instances of treatment
Examples
- Procarbazines are alkylating agents commonly used in combination chemotherapy regimens.
- The oncologist prescribed procarbazines as part of the patient's cancer treatment plan.
- Different procarbazines may have varying side effect profiles and efficacy rates.
- Procarbazines work by damaging cancer cell DNA to prevent tumor growth.
- The research team studied the effectiveness of procarbazines in treating lymphomas.