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Cancer drug

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antineoplasticnoun(pharmacology, oncology) Inhibiting the development of tumours.
antineoplastic drugnounany of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function
cancer treatmentCancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment.
chemotherapynoun(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
chemotherapeutic(medicine, oncology) Of or having to do with chemotherapy.
cancer cellnoun(cytology, oncology) A cell that divides continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells.
adriamycinnounAn anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
anticancernoun(oncology) That is used to treat cancer.
pharmaceuticalnoun(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
colon cancernouna malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
cancerous(oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
medicamentnounA medicine, medication or drug.
pharmacotherapynoun(medicine) The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
pharmaceuticalsnoun(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
prescription drugnoun(pharmacology) A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
medicationnounA medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
taxolnoun(pharmacology) Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
liver cancernoun(pathology) A malignant neoplasm of the liver.
fluorouracilnoun(pharmacology) A fluorine-substituted derivative of uracil C₄H₃FN₂O₂ which inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as a chemotherapy drug in the treatment of cancer.
cancersnouna peer-reviewed, open access, medical journal published by MDPI covering all fields of oncology.

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