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How is lomustine thought to work against cancer cells?

iatroX medicinesPublished 8 November 2026

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Lomustine is believed to work partly as an alkylating agent and partly by inhibiting several steps in nucleic acid synthesis and the repair of single-strand breaks in DNA chains.

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Lomustine "medac" 40 mgmedac Pharma LLP · emc · SmPC §5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties · Version 13Document updated 4 March 2026

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