pasotuxizumab
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -xi- (“chimeric”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).
Noun
[edit]pasotuxizumab (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A bi-specific T-cell engager monoclonal antibody developed for the treatment of prostate cancer.
- 2021 May 26, Shujie Zhou, Mingguo Liu, Fei Ren, Xiangjiao Meng, Jinming Yu, “The landscape of bispecific T cell engager in cancer treatment”, in Biomarker Research, volume 9, , article 38, page 4:
- Pasotuxizumab (AMG 212) is a canonical BiTE antibody targeting PSMA [77]. The anti-tumor activity which was defined by PSA level decrease was dose-dependent. Two patients achieved long-term PSA responses with more than 1 year of treatment at doses of 40 μg/d and 80 μg/d, respectively.