# OnCo record megestrol (drug). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/drugs/megestrol/>
  a schema:Drug ;
  onco:kind "drug" ;
  schema:identifier "megestrol" ;
  schema:name "Megestrol acetate"@en ;
  schema:description "Megestrol acetate is a hormone tablet used to ease advanced breast and womb cancer, and as a liquid to improve appetite and weight in people with cancer or AIDS-related wasting."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/drugs/megestrol/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-10"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megestrol_acetate> ;
  schema:citation <https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=megestrol>, <https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/drugs/megestrolacetate> ;
  onco:status "approved" ;
  onco:tag "nci-list", "generic", "supportive" ;
  onco:modality "Synthetic progestin (hormonal)" ;
  schema:alternateName "Megace" ;
  onco:approval "US 1971: Palliative treatment of advanced carcinoma of the breast or endometrium", "US 1993: Anorexia, cachexia or unexplained weight loss in AIDS (oral suspension)" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/endometrial/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/endocrine-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/cachexia-appetite-pharmacotherapy/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/bms/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/nct06979596/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/nct07150663/> .