"Epirubicin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An anthracycline which is the 4'-epi-isomer of doxorubicin. The compound exerts its antitumor effects by interference with the synthesis and function of DNA.
| Descriptor ID |
D015251
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.562.050.200.175.200 D04.615.562.050.200.175.200 D09.408.051.059.200.175.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Epirubicin- Epirubicin
- 4'-Epidoxorubicin
- 4' Epidoxorubicin
- 4'-Epi-Doxorubicin
- 4' Epi Doxorubicin
- 4'-Epi-Adriamycin
- 4' Epi Adriamycin
- 4'-Epiadriamycin
- 4' Epiadriamycin
- 4'-Epi-DXR
- 4' Epi DXR
Ellence- Ellence
- Pharmorubicin
- Farmorubicine
- Farmorubicin
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epirubicin" by people in Profiles.
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Fuchs CS, Niedzwiecki D, Mamon HJ, Tepper JE, Ye X, Swanson RS, Enzinger PC, Haller DG, Dragovich T, Alberts SR, Bjarnason GA, Willett CG, Gunderson LL, Goldberg RM, Venook AP, Ilson D, O'Reilly E, Ciombor K, Berg DJ, Meyerhardt J, Mayer RJ. Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Epirubicin, Cisplatin, and Fluorouracil Compared With Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Fluorouracil and Leucovorin After Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer: Results From CALGB 80101 (Alliance). J Clin Oncol. 2017 Nov 10; 35(32):3671-3677.
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Warr DG, Hesketh PJ, Gralla RJ, Muss HB, Herrstedt J, Eisenberg PD, Raftopoulos H, Grunberg SM, Gabriel M, Rodgers A, Bohidar N, Klinger G, Hustad CM, Horgan KJ, Skobieranda F. Efficacy and tolerability of aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with breast cancer after moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Apr 20; 23(12):2822-30.