Definition of "anthracycline" []

• Any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer (noun)

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• "Pharmion's clinical development pipeline includes Amrubicin, a third generation synthetic anthracycline, which is in Phase III development for the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) under an approved Special Protocol Assessment (SPA)."
• "Some of the women got both tamoxifen and a chemotherapy drug known as anthracycline, and some got tamoxifen alone."
• "not turning to a third type of drug known as an anthracycline, improves survival while posing less danger to the heart, researchers report."