"Carmustine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cell-cycle phase nonspecific alkylating antineoplastic agent. It is used in the treatment of brain tumors and various other malignant neoplasms. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p462) This substance may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen according to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985). (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D002330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.654.692.247 D02.948.594.247
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| Concept/Terms |
Carmustine- Carmustine
- BCNU
- N,N'-Bis(2-Chloroethyl)-N-Nitrosourea
- 1,3-Bis(2-Chloroethyl)-1-Nitrosourea
- FIVB
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carmustine" by people in Profiles.
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Outcomes of rituximab-BEAM versus BEAM conditioning regimen in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma undergoing autologous transplantation. Cancer. 2020 05 15; 126(10):2279-2287.
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Rationale and design of the 500-patient, 3-year, and prospective Vigilant ObservatIon of GlIadeL WAfer ImplaNT registry. CNS Oncol. 2018 04; 7(2):CNS08.
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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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A phase III randomized prospective trial of external beam radiotherapy, mitomycin C, carmustine, and 6-mercaptopurine for the treatment of adults with anaplastic glioma of the brain. CNS Cancer Consortium. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Mar 01; 34(4):793-802.
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Correlation of in vitro drug sensitivity testing results with response to chemotherapy and survival: comparison of non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. J Cell Biochem Suppl. 1996; 24:173-85.
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Yttrium 90-labeled antiferritin followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation for poor-prognosis Hodgkin's disease. J Clin Oncol. 1993 Apr; 11(4):698-703.
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Effect of total body temperature on toxicity of 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU). Neurosurgery. 1979 Feb; 4(2):157-61.
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Experimental evaluation of nonspecific immunostimulation and chemotherapy in the intracranial tumor-bearing Fisher rat. Dev Biol Stand. 1977 Apr 13-15; 38:317-22.