Etanercept
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| Etanercept | |
|---|---|
| Term | Etanercept |
| Short definition | ET 743 - A medicine used to treat liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma (types of soft tissue sarcoma) that cannot be surgically removed or that have spread to other parts of the body. It is used in patients who have already been treated with other anticancer medicines. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
etanercept - (pronounced) (ee-TA-ner-cept) A drug commonly used to treat arthritis. It is also being studied as a treatment for cancer and for treating anorexia and weight loss in cancer patients. It belongs to the family of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists
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