Triethylenemelamine Explained

Triethylenemelamine (abbreviated TEM, also called Tretamine) is a drug used in chemotherapy.[1]

It can cause chromatid aberrations in cell models.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Wong JR, Morton LM, Tucker MA, Abramson DH, Seddon JM, Sampson JN, Kleinerman RA . Risk of subsequent malignant neoplasms in long-term hereditary retinoblastoma survivors after chemotherapy and radiotherapy . Journal of Clinical Oncology . 32 . 29 . 3284–3290 . October 2014 . 25185089 . 4178525 . 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.7844 .
  2. Luippold HE, Gooch PC, Brewen JG . The production of chromosome aberrations in various mammalian cells by triethylenemelamine . Genetics . 88 . 2 . 317–326 . February 1978 . 565312 . 1213803 . 10.1093/genetics/88.2.317 .

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