the active ingredient in a drug used to treat acute leukemia. it is used in combination with other drugs to treat hodgkin disease, non-hodgkin lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, and wilms tumor. vincristine is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. it blocks cell growth by stopping cell division. it is a type of vinca alkaloid and a type of antimitotic agent.
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vincristine (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 vincristines)
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Vincristine (brand name, Oncovin), formally known as leurocristine, sometimes abbreviated "VCR", is a vinca alkaloid from the Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle), formerly Vinca rosea and hence its name. It is a mitotic inhibitor, and is used in cancer chemotherapy.