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Name

Abarelix

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Drugs and regimens (SEER*Rx)

Definition

A drug used to reduce the amount of testosterone made in patients with advanced symptomatic prostate cancer for which no other treatment options are available. It belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists.

Resource

Reference Type: Website
Title: National Cancer Institute
NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Alternate Names

Plenaxis

Abstractor Notes

See SEER*Rx for information on how to code this drug (http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/seerrx/)

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