Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Análogo de la rebecamicina
Rebeccamycin analog (reh-BEH-kuh-MY-sin A-nuh-log)
A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called antitumor antibiotics and topoisomerase inhibitors. Also called NSC 655649.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.