noun
- a chemotherapy drug used to treat certain types of cancer, especially Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Usage: medical
Examples
- The oncologist prescribed procarbazine as part of the patient’s treatment regimen.
- Procarbazine is often used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs.
- Side effects of procarbazine may include nausea and fatigue.
- The MOPP protocol includes procarbazine along with three other medications.
- Patients taking procarbazine must avoid certain foods and beverages.
- Procarbazine works by interfering with cancer cell DNA replication.