Definition of "temozolomide" [temozolomide]

• A particular drug used to treat brain tumors. (noun)

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• "A 2005 study of radiotherapy and a drug called temozolomide found that 27% of patients lived more than two years and nearly 20% lived past three years -- more than twice the typical survival time."
• "Currently, a drug called temozolomide is the first-line treatment for glioblastoma in humans."
• "The researchers, based at hospitals in Europe and Canada, gave patients both radiation and a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide for six weeks; patients then continued taking the drug alone five days a month for the following six months."