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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Bexxar regimen Bexxar regimen
(BEX-ar REH-jih-men) A combination of monoclonal antibodies used to treat certain types of non-Hodgkinfs lymphoma. The monoclonal antibody tositumomab is given with iodine I 131 tositumomab (a form of tositumomab that has been chemically changed by adding radioactive iodine). Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced substances that can locate and bind to cancer cells.
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