dacarbazine

American  

[duh-kahr-buh-zeen] / dəˈkɑr bəˌzin /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.

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Etymology

Origin of dacarbazine

First recorded in 1960–65; contraction and rearrangement of the chemical name

Example Sentences

Data from a 675-patient trial showed that those taking the drug were 63 percent less likely to die over a six-month period compared to those taking called dacarbazine.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 6, 2011

The two-month extension of median survival by two months by adding ipilimumab to dacarbazine was somewhat less than some experts expected, especially since a much higher dose of ipilimumab was used in the new trial.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2011

In one trial, 84 percent of patients taking the experimental drug vemurafenib were still alive after six months, compared with only 64 percent of those getting an older chemotherapy drug dacarbazine.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2011