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Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in English: PEG-asparaginase
PEG-asparaginasa
Medicamento que se usa para tratar la leucemia linfoblástica aguda (LLA). Es una forma del medicamento asparaginasa unido a una sustancia que se llama PEG, que permite que el medicamento permanezca en el cuerpo por más tiempo. La asparaginasa es una enzima que descompone el aminoácido asparagina y puede impedir la formación de las células tumorales que necesitan de la asparagina para crecer. Es un tipo de inhibidor de la síntesis de proteínas. También se llama Oncaspar y pegaspargasa.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.
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