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Lomustine (INN; abbreviated as CCNU; original brand name CeeNU, now marketed as Gleostine) is an alkylating nitrosourea compound used in chemotherapy. It is closely related to semustine and is in the same family as streptozotocin .
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Lomustine (CCNU) Nimustine; N-Nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) Ranimustine (MCNU) Semustine; Streptozocin (Streptozotocin) Nitrosourea compounds are DNA alkylating agents and are often used in chemotherapy. [1] They are lipophilic and thus can cross the blood–brain barrier, making them useful in the treatment of brain tumors such as glioblastoma ...
Semustine (Me-CCNU) is an organochlorine compound that is urea in which the two hydrogens on one of the amino groups are replaced by nitroso and 2-chloroetyl groups and one hydrogen from the other amino group is replaced by a 4-methylcyclohexcyl group. Semustine is also known as a 4-methyl derivative of lomustine. [4] [5]
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Procarbazine is a chemotherapy medication used for the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma and brain cancers. [1] For Hodgkin's it is often used together with chlormethine, vincristine, and prednisone while for brain cancers such as glioblastoma multiforme it is used with lomustine and vincristine. [1]
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