noun
- a group of antibiotic compounds derived from certain bacteria, used in cancer chemotherapy
Usage: medical; pharmacology
Examples
- Mitomycins are commonly used to treat various types of cancer.
- The oncologist prescribed mitomycins as part of the chemotherapy regimen.
- Researchers studied the effectiveness of mitomycins against tumor cells.
- Mitomycins work by interfering with DNA replication in cancer cells.
- The patient experienced side effects from the mitomycins treatment.
- Laboratory tests showed that mitomycins reduced tumor growth significantly.