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- noun A particular
oral drug used to treatcancer .
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Other than surgery, the only treatment for ACC is the exacting use of a compound called mitotane, a chemical relative of DDT, which the U.S. banned as an insecticide in 1972.
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Justice and successful in mitotane and some sample.
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While use of mitotane in ACC patients reduces tumors, it also diminishes adrenal gland function, requiring patients to take hormone replacements for the rest of their lives.
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When given with other chemotherapy drugs, the effectiveness of mitotane may be improved, but patients often suffer debilitating side effects.
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(Nizoral), mitotane (Lysodren) and metyrapone (Metopirone).
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