Enzalutamide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A synthetic, non-steroidal pure antiandrogen developed for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. uncountable

    "Abiraterone and enzalutamide are newly approved drugs for CRPC patients; although, patients will still eventually relapse and the overall survival is prolonged only ~4–5 months after treatment with the AR signaling becoming active in most of these relapsed tumors."

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"Abiraterone and enzalutamide are newly approved drugs for CRPC patients; although, patients will still eventually relapse and the overall survival is prolonged only ~4–5 months after treatment with the AR signaling becoming active in most of these relapsed tumors."

Etymology

From (b)enza(mide) + -lutamide (“nonsteroid antiandrogen”).

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