Dapsone
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| Term | Dapsone |
| Short definition | Danyelza - (pronounced) (dan-YEL-zah) A drug used with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to treat children from 1 year of age and adults with certain types of high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow that have come back or have come back with others no better were treatment. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Dapsone - (pronounced) (DAP-sone) drug used to treat acne. It is also used to treat other types of skin diseases and certain bacterial infections such as leprosy. It stops bacteria from making a substance they need to grow. Dapsone is a type of antibacterial and a type of anti-inflammatory
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