Definition

1. Noun:
   • An antibiotic used as an anticancer drug: Doxorubicin is a type of medication that belongs to the anthracycline class of antibiotics. It is not used to treat bacterial infections in the typical sense but is instead a powerful chemotherapy agent used to treat various types of cancer.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The patient's treatment plan includes doxorubicin to target the tumor.
  • Doxorubicin is effective against several cancers, including breast cancer and lymphoma.
  • A common side effect of doxorubicin is potential damage to the heart muscle.

Advanced Usage

• "Doxorubicin therapy": Refers to a course of treatment using this specific drug.
  • She underwent six cycles of doxorubicin therapy.
• "Doxorubicin-induced": Used to describe a condition or side effect caused by the administration of this drug.
  • The patient was monitored for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.

Variants and Related Words

• Adriamycin: A common brand name for doxorubicin.
  • The generic name for Adriamycin is doxorubicin.
• Anthracycline: The broader class of chemotherapy drugs to which doxorubicin belongs.
  • Doxorubicin is a well-known anthracycline antibiotic.

Synonyms

• Chemotherapeutic agent: A general term for drugs used in chemotherapy.
• Antineoplastic antibiotic: A more specific term describing antibiotics used to treat cancer.

Related Phrases

• Administration of doxorubicin: The act of giving the drug to a patient, typically intravenously.
  • The administration of doxorubicin requires careful monitoring.
• Resistance to doxorubicin: A condition where cancer cells no longer respond to the drug.
  • Research focuses on overcoming resistance to doxorubicin.

Noun

1. an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug