Pharmacologic Substance
efaproxiral Audio
[ eh-fuh-prok-sih-rul ]
Definitions related to efaproxiral:
  • A drug that may increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A synthetic small molecule with radiosensitizing activity. Efaproxiral increases oxygen levels in hypoxic tumor tissues by binding non-covalently to the hemoglobin tetramer and decreasing hemoglobin-oxygen binding affinity. Increasing tumor oxygenation reduces tumor radioresistance. (NCI04)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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