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Only 5 percent of patients had a complete remission after the standard treatment – namely, a steroid and melphalan, an old chemotherapy derived from nitrogen mustard, used in chemical warfare.
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Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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melphalan
noun
mel·pha·lan
ˈmel-fə-ˌlan 
: an antineoplastic drug C13H18Cl2N2O2 that is a derivative of nitrogen mustard and is used especially in the treatment of multiple myeloma
called also L-PAM, phenylalanine mustard, sarcolysin
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