A vesicant and necrotizing irritant destructive to mucous membranes, mechlorethamine is an alkylating drug. It was formerly used as a war gas. The hydrochloride is used as an antineoplastic in Hodgkin's disease and lymphomas. It causes severe gastrointestinal and bone marrow damage.
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For the palliative treatment of Hodgkin's disease (Stages III and IV), lymphosarcoma, chronic myelocytic or chronic lymphocytic leukemia, polycythemia vera, mycosis fungoides, and bronchogenic carcinoma. Also for the palliative treatment of metastatic carcinoma resulting in effusion.
Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Investigator Site, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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