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  • noun A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

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  • noun antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies

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  • All patients received autologous transplantation following a high dose of a drug called melphalan, which is commonly used to treat multiple myeloma.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • A chemotherapy medicine called melphalan is used to treat patients, but carries serious side effects.

    TOP STORIES - News 8 Austin 2010

  • A chemotherapy medicine called melphalan is used to treat patients, but carries serious side effects.

    TOP STORIES - News 8 Austin 2010

  • "There is a clearly a significant benefit for using bortezomib, melphalan and prednisone up front," San Miguel said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Takeda had previously reported that after five years of follow-up patients who received Velcade plus the chemotherapy drug melphalan and the steroid prednisone on average lived 13.3 months longer than those who got only melphalan and prednisone

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Higgins continued, In addition, during the past quarter we announced positive data for our SARM and melphalan programs, and we expanded our Captisol

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  • Ligand announced its strategic decision to internally advance development of its Captisol-enabled melphalan program with the current goal to file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by mid-2013 if the development is successful.

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  • In this mNET cohort, 24 patients with unresectable mNET in the liver underwent an average of three chemosaturation procedures with concentrated melphalan and subsequent extra-corporeal venous hemofiltration.

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  • Ligand presented interim data from a Phase IIa study with its Captisol-enabled, propylene glycol-free melphalan program in a poster presentation at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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  • "This combination of bortezomib, melphalan and prednisone indicates that it is a clear standard of care for treatment of myeloma patients," San Miguel said, careful to add that it would not be the only standard of care.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

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