pasotuxizumab

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Etymology

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From [Term?] +‎ -tu- (tumor) +‎ -xi- (chimeric) +‎ -zumab (humanized monoclonal antibody).

Noun

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pasotuxizumab (uncountable)

  1. (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, →DOI, 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.