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DHEA mustard

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-013024

A steroidal alkylating agent with potential antineoplastic activity. Alkylating agents exert cytotoxic and, in some cases, chemotherapeutic effects by transferring alkyl groups to DNA, thereby damaging DNA and interfering with DNA replication and cell division.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-013024
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsdehydroepiandrosterone mustard
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-013024",
  "term": "DHEA mustard",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A steroidal alkylating agent with potential antineoplastic activity. Alkylating agents exert cytotoxic and, in some cases, chemotherapeutic effects by transferring alkyl groups to DNA, thereby damaging DNA and interfering with DNA replication and cell division.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dehydroepiandrosterone mustard"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/dhea-mustard/"
}

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