"Cytarabine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)
| Descriptor ID |
D003561
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.680.245.453 D13.570.065.300 D13.570.685.245.453
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytarabine- Cytarabine
- Arabinofuranosylcytosine
- Aracytidine
- Cytosine Arabinoside
- Arabinoside, Cytosine
- Arabinosylcytosine
Cytosar- Cytosar
- Cytosar-U
- Cytosar U
- CytosarU
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytarabine" by people in Profiles.
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Older patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: Survival and prognostication across 20 U.S. cancer centers. Am J Hematol. 2023 06; 98(6):900-912.
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Intensive induction regimens after deferring initial therapy for mantle cell lymphoma are not associated with improved survival. Eur J Haematol. 2021 Sep; 107(3):301-310.
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Pseudozyma and other non-Candida opportunistic yeast bloodstream infections in a large stem cell transplant center. Transpl Infect Dis. 2017 Apr; 19(2).
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Treatment with Hypomethylating Agents before Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Improves Progression-Free Survival for?Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Jan; 22(1):47-53.
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Intensive methotrexate and cytarabine followed by high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell rescue in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma: an intent-to-treat analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Nov 15; 21(22):4151-6.
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High remission rate in acute myeloblastic leukemia with only two days of chemotherapy. Leuk Lymphoma. 2001 Apr; 41(3-4):333-6.
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Poor prognosis acute myelogenous leukemia: 1 - response to treatment with high dose cytarabine/mitoxantrone/ethyol @ (Amifostine). Leuk Res. 2000 Aug; 24(8):671-80.
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Activation of the LRP (lung resistance-related protein) gene by short-term exposure of human leukemia cells to phorbol ester and cytarabine. Oncol Res. 1998; 10(4):185-92.
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Inhibition of cytarabine-induced MDR1 (P-glycoprotein) gene activation in human tumor cells by fatty acid-polyethylene glycol-fatty acid diesters, novel inhibitors of P-glycoprotein function. Int J Cancer. 1996 Oct 09; 68(2):245-50.
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Relationship of [3H]Ara-C incorporation and response to therapy with high-dose Ara-C in AML patients: a Leukemia Intergroup study. Exp Hematol. 1992 Nov; 20(10):1194-200.