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Bleomycin

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Bleomycin refers to a family of structurally related antibiotics. The chemotherapeutical forms known as bleomycin A2 and B2 are used in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma (as a component of the ABVD regimen), squamous cell carcinomas, testicular cancer, pleurodesis and plantar warts.Wikipedia

rs1050565, a SNP in the bleomycin hydrolase BLMH gene, has been reported to affect the efficacy of bleomycin chemotherapy for testicular cancer patients.