Term: iodine I 131-tositumomab

Pronunciation: (I-oh-dine ... TAH-sih-TOO-moh-mab)

Description:

A drug used with another drug to treat certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Iodine I 131-tositumomab is a form of the monoclonal antibody tositumomab that is linked to the radioactive substance iodine I 131. It is a type of radioimmunoconjugate.