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Chemotherapy vs Cytarabine - What's the difference?

chemotherapy | cytarabine |

As nouns the difference between chemotherapy and cytarabine

is that chemotherapy is (medicine) any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state while cytarabine is a particular drug used in chemotherapy.

chemotherapy

English

(wikipedia chemotherapy)

Noun

  • (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  • (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

    • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

    Anagrams

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    cytarabine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

    • Synonyms

    * cytosine arabinoside

    External links

    * ("cytarabine" on Wikipedia)