Definition of Gliadel wafer

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Gliadel Wafer
A biodegradable wafer that is used to deliver the anticancer drug carmustine directly into a brain tumor site after the tumor has been removed by surgery. Also called polifeprosan 20 carmustine implant.

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Gliadel Wafer Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Gliadel Wafer
    USP DI - Carmustine (Implantation-Local)