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n. - An antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease.

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  • The researchers combined this preparation with the drug lomustine.
  • The patients -- treated with a combination of temozolomide and lomustine -- survived on average 23.1 months, while with the standard therapy the mean would have been...
  • However, the COG trial with 401 patients enrolled, showed that a thioguanine, procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (TPCV) regimen was more effective than the CV...
  • The study of 401 patients found that a regimen of thioguanine, procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (TPCV) was more effective than a carboplatin and vincristine (VC)...
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