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Tirapazamine

Tirapazamine logo #10101) Experimental cancer drug
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Tirapazamine

Tirapazamine logo #21000 Tirapazamine (SR-4233) is an experimental anticancer drug that is activated to a toxic radical only at very low levels of oxygen (hypoxia). Such levels are common in human solid tumors, a phenomenon known as tumor hypoxia. Thus, tirapazamine is activated to its toxic form preferentially in the hypoxic areas of solid tumors. Cells in these regions ...
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tirapazamine

tirapazamine logo #21579A drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.
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