Alanosine

Alanosine

Alanosine (also called SDX-102) is a substance that is being studied for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. [cite journal | author = Yu J | title = Alanosine (UCSD). | journal = Curr Opin Investig Drugs | volume = 2 | issue = 11 | pages = 1623–30 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11763167] It is an antimetabolite. It is used as one of a few experimental treatments for patients with deadly pancreatic cancer when the main chemotherapeutic treatment regimen of gemcitabine is no longer useful.

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