A drug used to treat the toxic effects of an anticancer drug that leaks from a vein into surrounding tissue and causes tissue damage. Totect contains the active ingredient dexrazoxane. It is a type of chemoprotective agent and a type of topoisomerase inhibitor.
( TOH-tekt )
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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