Lead compound
| Lead compound | |
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| Term | Lead compound |
| Short definition | LDE225 - A drug used to treat locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) that has come back after surgery or radiation therapy. It is also used in patients who cannot be treated with surgery or radiation therapy. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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lead compound - (pronounced) (Leed KOM-pownd) In medicine, a chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment of a disease and may lead to the development of a new drug. Thousands of compounds are tested in the lab to find a lead ("lead") compound that can act on specific genes or proteins involved in a disease. Once a lead compound has been found, the chemical structure is used as a starting point to create a drug that has the most benefit and least harm. Finding a lead compound is the first step in creating a new drug to treat a disease
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