- streptozocin
- An antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of metastatic islet-cell carcinoma of the pancreas. SYN: streptozotocin.
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strep·to·zo·cin (strep″to-zoґsin) an antineoplastic antibiotic of the nitrosourea (q.v.) group, derived from Streptomyces achromogenes or produced by synthesis; used principally in the treatment of islet cell tumors as well as other endocrine tumors such as gastrinomas associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and glucagonomas.
Medical dictionary. 2011.