mitomycin
noun
mi·to·my·cin
ˌmī-tə-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: a complex of antibiotic substances that is produced by a Japanese streptomyces (Streptomyces caespitosus)
especially
: one form C15H18N4O5 that inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as an antineoplastic agent
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Male mice in the study were exposed to one of three common anticancer drugs---cyclophosphamide, mitomycin C, or procarbazine---and then allowed to mate with untreated females.
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Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
A shortage of the bladder-cancer drug BCG in 2014 and 2015 led to sharp price increases for a less effective alternative treatment, mitomycin, according to research published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
—Peter Loftus, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2017
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Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
A shortage of the bladder-cancer drug BCG in 2014 and 2015 led to sharp price increases for a less effective alternative treatment, mitomycin, according to research published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
—Peter Loftus, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2017
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mitomycin
noun
mi·to·my·cin
ˌmīt-ə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
1
: a complex of antibiotic substances which is produced by a Japanese bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. caespitosus)
2
: a component C15H18N4O5 of mitomycin that inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as an antineoplastic in the palliative treatment of some carcinomas
called also mitomycin C
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