Mechlorethamine
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Broader Terms
antineoplastic, haloalkylamine, nitrogen mustard
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- Mechlorethamine is to be administered only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor.
- mechlorethamine Cancer Encyclopedia MechlorethamineDefinitionMechlorethamine is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat cancer by destroying cancerous cells.
- Drug type: Mechlorethamine is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug.
- Mechlorethamine is a chemotherapy drug, normally given intravenously, but has been found to be very effective in treating CTCL when applied to the skin topically.
- 2 The mechanism of action of mechlorethamine is as a biologic alklylating agent.
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